Ray Kurzweil Quotes
We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.
Quotes to Explore
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If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland.
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What is a Muslim neighborhood? How many Muslims have to be in a neighborhood before it becomes worthy of checking papers and kicking in the doors of homes and businesses?
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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I think she's so cool, but I personally don't think I sound like Rihanna! But when I first released my music, I did get that comparison a lot. I never really thought about that, but it's a good thing. She's awesome.
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I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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I probably use email the most. I dunno if that counts as an app. I try to stay off my electronics as much as possible. Real life is happening all around you; you're better off just being a part of it.
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Country music is what is sincere; that's the main thing.
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The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person's vision.
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I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because they're insisting on doing comedies. We should know by now that we make good cars but we're not the funniest people.
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I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.
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Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
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Sometimes I feel 15; other times, I feel fully grown and mature and handling all my business. It can waver from day to day, hour to hour.
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It is very hard to not be able to engage with people in a real and honest way because they either want something from me, or they see me as something that I simply am not.
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MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network.
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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
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The most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews to the land in the rebirth of Israel.
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Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.
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There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.
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If you asked people, "Do you like jazz?" they would be like, "not at all." But I think that if you're really putting yourself out there and really communicating, music can put you beyond people's preconceptions, beyond their playlist.
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Trust me, kids - your homework can wait. Don't need to be doing homework while Whose Line is on; skip it!
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Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.
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We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.
