Bailey Whitfield Diffie (Whitfield Diffie) Quotes
I have been working on two problems for three years: one of them for 8 or 9 years, and one of them for 3, 4, 5 years.
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When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.
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I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.
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Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
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You need a big ego to be an artist.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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I just look at what's going on in the world.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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I am performing this role of the artist and this role of the 'negress' coming into a white-box institution. It's kind of a self-appointed role: the self-designated negress.
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It must be terribly lonely to be a king instead of a man.
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One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
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The question in the Simpson case has never been whether he is guilty or not guilty but, given the facts and circumstances of this case, whether it is possible for him to be innocent. And the answer to that question has always been an unequivocal no.
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When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
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Music is not just a part of my everday life, I'm surrounded by it every minute.
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My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'
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Health care providers, saving lives daily in our emergency rooms, live with federal mandates.
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Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game.
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I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.
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You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.
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There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.
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A lot of actors said they hated the studio system, but I loved it. It was like a college; it was a great place to learn.
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The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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I have been working on two problems for three years: one of them for 8 or 9 years, and one of them for 3, 4, 5 years.
