William Poundstone Quotes
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I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.
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I'm a bit of a night owl because that's when I feel the most creative and alive.
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I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.
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It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
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Umpiring, the only job in the world where you can screw up on a daily basis and still have one!
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Live fast, have fun, be a bit mischievous.
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I‘ve said it once and I will say it again, why can‘t everyone just speak English? The Americans give it a bit of a go — why can‘t other nations?
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Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock & roll.
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I'm always gonna be in opposition no matter what, but I can still cover my bases and do what I like.
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Well, there's a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man.
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Fernando Torres needs to be loved on a regular basis.
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Every movie that I've done, they don't stand independently from one another because a little bit of me is in every single one of those, and it's part of my own personal growth.
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I am not closed off to anything right now. That is what I was saying about not having any more walls up. I don't want to deprive myself of any bit of life.
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Coal is our most abundant fossil fuel. (GE's) development efforts are to just end up making the plants more competitive on an economic basis by using these other coals.
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Derek's the nicest guy I know. He would never...you know." "He better not...you know!" Hayden bit out.
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I define a diva as a woman who possesses courage, beauty, style, and confidence. Based on that definitions, I've probably got a bit more work to do.
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Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.
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The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Wherever you look there’s meanness and corruption. This room, this bottle of grape wine, these fruits in the basket, are all products of profit and loss. A fellow can’t live without giving his passive acceptance to meanness. Somebody wears his tail to a frazzle for every mouthful we eat and every stitch we wear—and nobody seems to know. Everybody is blind, dumb, and blunt-headed—stupid and mean.
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I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.
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When I joined politics, I was arrested in Luanshya... In 1960, I was with great people like Justine Chimba, Mazimba from Ndola and Dingiswayo Banda.
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By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.
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A bit is worth 10,000 basis points.
