Vint Cerf Quotes
I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely.
Vint Cerf
Quotes to Explore
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
LaToya Jackson
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
Samuel Lover
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What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
S. Jay Olshansky
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Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.
Yves Behar
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
Garrett Clayton
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
Dan Millman
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I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now.
Zachary Quinto
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
Jack Miller
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I think a great starting point for a debate and discussion over a national consumption tax is, let's start with the Fair Tax, legislation that has been written up and, I think, signed up on by 80 congressmen and women.
Gary Johnson
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
Garry Trudeau
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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
A. Whitney Brown
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
Caitlin Moran
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But just as other trappings of modern childhood, from homework to technology, are subject to the law of diminishing returns, there is a danger of overscheduling the young.
Carl Honore
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
Caleb Landry Jones
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In the acting community in New York we call 'Law & Order' 'grad school,' because everyone eventually does a 'Law & Order.' My first one was in 1995, which was a year after I got out of school. Matthew Blanchard was the character's name.
Dallas Roberts
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I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
Forest Whitaker
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The oddest things happen to me. It goes in seasons. Nothing will happen for a long time, and I miss it, and I remember how these strange coincidences used to happen to me and how amazing it was, how it made me want to believe in something. A year will go by, and then a slew of them will come along, like buses, one after another.
David Thewlis
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Blank paper always symbolizes the anxiety of the painter.
Claude Picasso
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I'm not a cook. I like to watch the Food Network, but I don't like to cook.
Janeane Garofalo
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I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.
James Salter
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Seth returned with the ax to the private door. So much for stealth. If the garage door and elevator had not alerted the zombies, this should do the job. The ax was fairly heavy, but, choking up a little, he gave it a solid swing, and the bit crunched into the wood about a foot away from the doorknob. He wrenched it free and attacked the door again. A few more strokes and he had chopped a hole in the door large enough to reach his hand through. Seth wiped the handle of the ax with his shirt before setting it aside, just in case vampires knew how to check for fingerprints.
Brandon Mull
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I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely.
Vint Cerf
