Alexei Panshin Quotes
This is what makes science so hard, and ultimately so fun. Think of the limits of what we know as a great suite of rooms inhabited by vast numbers of incredibly busy, incredibly messy, nearsighted people, all of whom are eccentric recluses.
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With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.
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If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to lunch and ask you how many dentists there are in Manhattan, there's going to be a high correlation between those two numbers. What happens is that the number psychologically makes you feel confident.
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I chose my house because I loved the fact that there was a really busy road with lots of things to stare at.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
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Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
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If I can stay constantly busy, I'll be happy.
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I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.
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I'm a businessman, and what I know is numbers and business.
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I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility.
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I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.
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Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.
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There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
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People think New York is crazy and busy, but it's actually a great place for lazy people to live.
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Being a track sprinter, when it's all about a thousandth of a second, there is no escaping the numbers every single day.
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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The mistakes we make when we try to imagine our personal futures are also lawful, regular, and systematic. They, too, have a pattern that tells us about the powers and limits of foresight in much the same way that optical illusions tell us about the powers and limits of eyesight.
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After a greater or lesser number of generations the mutants are eliminated.
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If anybody would have told me I'd be making number seven Fast & Furious, I would have said, "You're crazy."
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Attempts to limit female mobility by hampering locomotion are ancient and almost universal. The foot-binding of upper-class Chinese girls and the Nigerian custom of loading women's legs with pounds of heavy brass wire are extreme examples, but all over the world similar stratagems have been employed to make sure that once you have caught a woman she cannot run away, and even if she stays around she cannot keep up with you. ... Literally as well as figuratively modern women's shoes are what keeps Samantha from running as fast as Sammy.
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This is what makes science so hard, and ultimately so fun. Think of the limits of what we know as a great suite of rooms inhabited by vast numbers of incredibly busy, incredibly messy, nearsighted people, all of whom are eccentric recluses.
