Ben Goertzel Quotes
Our language for describing emotions is very crude... that's what music is for, I guess.

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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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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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I don't want to do only blockbusters.
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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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There is nothing worse than annotated humour.
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When I came to New York, I was really awkward. I went to military academy for high school, so I didn't have the socialization that most kids do. When I got here, I was five years behind everybody. Talking to women was weird for me.
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I think with drama, at least for me, my process, there's a lot of thought. I do a lot of back story. I listen to a lot of music. I'm very committed to a process when it comes to drama, but with comedy, I think it's really about letting loose.
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I've always said that I'll know when I've gone too far because I won't be able to sit down and watch it with my father.
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Our language for describing emotions is very crude... that's what music is for, I guess.