Walter Isaacson Quotes
I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I don't like possessions.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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I don't think so, in so far as I always aspired to play the way I do now but just couldn't get the sounds out always due to technical limitations - now I can pretty much play what I hear in realtime.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I've been training quite hard.
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Infinite power just isn't very interesting, no matter what game you're playing. It's much more fun when you have a limited tool set to use against the odds.
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I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
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The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to radical Islam since before they came to office. If you look at everything that's transpired since the famous Cairo speech in 2009, it's all been an embrace of those who are the most radical elements in that part of the world. That is not a good sign for America's foreign policy.
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The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
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Arizonans want us to come together, put aside politics, and solve problems. You want us to do our jobs in way that reflects the best of our state. You want us to stop and listen - something that doesn't always come naturally to people in politics.
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I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
