Ray Kurzweil Quotes
I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.
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I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
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Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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I'm very interested in science.
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I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I find out she's not attracted to me, it brings down my level of attraction to her. If I'm interested and find out she's not, I tend to cool off.
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I didn't get interested in education until I had kids.
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I love to add '90s trends mixed with modern day pieces I find along my many travels. Like these cool fun hats from Europe I have. I love to collect different ones from every country. I have them from London to Brussels.
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The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading.
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We live because of the dreams.
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I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer.
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Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
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I love designing bridal. I do not follow trends - I design dresses that are relevant to the times.
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I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
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I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else.
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I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their plight that resonates.
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If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open.
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Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an 'intelligence explosion,' and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make.
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I have never in my whole life had a fight with a smart person or even seen anybody else have one either. That is because when the fight starts the smart people are not there anymore. They have gone off someplace else, and when it is over they come back and tell you how much they did in the fight, only it is all lies.
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When I think back on it, of course I got lucky and got great directors and good breaks but all that was the physical part. But what made me a star was that I could take a chance and not have anything to worry about in terms of losing.
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Basically, 2011 was the hardest year on the road for me because I did a spring tour and a fall tour plus nine weeks in the summer, and I was pretty worse for wear by the time I got home in December. I know I was only 34, but that was a tough lap.
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I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.
