Carl Pomerance (Carl Brnard Peomerance) Quotes
Theorems are fun especially when you are the prover, but then the pleasure fades. What keeps us going are the unsolved problems.
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Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
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I am proud of what I've done.
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Of course managers win ball games.
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We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport.
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I just really want to make albums - and however I can, I will.
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I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now it's all that! People need to get what they pay for! Otherwise, just listen to recorded music.
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If I could, I would have my son on tour the whole time. But he has school, summer camp, and he has to see his mother.
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There once was a brainy baboon,Who always breathed down a bassoon,For he said, 'It appearsThat in billions of yearsI shall certainly hit on a tune'.
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One of my favorite stories is, I got fired off 'Bionic Woman' in part because I was told that I don't know how to write women, and they promptly replaced me with a guy. What I find lovely about the story is how unaware the white dude who said that to me was when he said it.
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If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.
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There are fewer people living in tents, more people with access to quality health care, more kids who are in school, and for the first time in a long, long time, Haiti is attracting private sector investments.
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My father was a successful entrepreneur.
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One of the best parts of working at 'O' is that people just love to send us stuff.
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I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.
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By relying on the statistical information rather than a gut feeling, you allow the data to lead you to be in the right place at the right time. To remain as emotionally free from the hurly burley of the here and now is one of the only ways to succeed.
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I think it's very important to be part of the Boston society and the people who live in Boston.
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I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser.
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Venice is truly magical. The Devon-Dorset coast in England is so beautiful, and its sandstone cliffs are full of fossils, which can make for some very exciting walks. And I love Halifax, a great place with all the modern things you could want, plus a wonderful sense of history, and, of course, the sea.
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Companies that are hosting Web sites or do a lot of teleconferencing need a lot of bandwidth going both ways.
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Professionally I've evolved with what's required, but the pictures I do for pleasure haven't changed, except for the cars in the background, the clothing. I haven't changed at all.
Elliott Erwitt -
Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?
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Theorems are fun especially when you are the prover, but then the pleasure fades. What keeps us going are the unsolved problems.
