Ben Goertzel Quotes
Our language for describing emotions is very crude... that's what music is for, I guess.
Quotes to Explore
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
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You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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I try to be - well, not holy - but my whole family is very religious, and I want to be like that, too. So I try my hardest to be more in touch with the Lord.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Baseball gets better for whatever reason.
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You have a burden going into any campaign when you're raising money to fund that effort because there's always a desire to spend more money than you have.
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Micropayments are great if you use them for a product or service with certain properties. It must be one where you can get away with usage-based pricing, and where there is a strong rationale for making it cheap, yet not free.
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The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man, and give some back.
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T.V. acting is a great skill to have, and it's nice to have that stability.
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Our language for describing emotions is very crude... that's what music is for, I guess.
