Ian McDonald Quotes
Any AI smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.

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Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I babysat kids in a ShopRite, which is a grocery store. They had a babysitting center so that parents could bring their children while they shopped. It was awful. I also was not very good at keeping the kids calm.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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I'm the easiest person to make fun of.
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That's one thing the musicians don't remember: you don't choose your demographic - they choose you.
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From last century's 'The Birth of a Nation' to this century's 'Gods and Generals,' Hollywood has likely done more than any other American institution to obstruct a truthful apprehension of the Civil War and, thus, modern America's very origins.
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You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.
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Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.
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For people worried about the Great Recession and the uncertainty of what is coming next, the characters of 'Mad Men' are good company.
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One of the ways I think you make more money is by creating more efficiency.
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I'm always curious about anyone who has enough passion to go onstage and say, 'This is what I'm really passionate about.' It's always worth listening to.
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My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.
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As a person, I believe that I am sensitive, which helped me be the artist I am.
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I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.
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There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in nonprofit organizations, tackling the issues that we so desperately need to face, while governments fail so appallingly.
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Any AI smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.