William Poundstone Quotes
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had done it. I was working in Hollywood. So imagine the melancholy I found myself in when I realized that I didn't love casting the way that I always thought I would.
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Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of the time anymore, so we close that 3 percent gap with some of the technologies. The AI we've developed doesn't make mistakes.
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When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'
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One of the biggest concerns that many voters have with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but particularly with Ms. Clinton, is the sense that she uses government power to advance her personal and political interests. She is the very status quo. Americans want that changed.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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People are fed up with the way things are. There is a lot of bitterness out there, a lot of anger about a lack of jobs and concerns for the next generation.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.
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I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.
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I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these soft drinks with sugar. Some of these drinks have 8 or 9 teaspoons of sugar in them What's the good of living if you can't have the things that give a little enjoyment?
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
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Pretty much everyone on my iPod, I'd like to be friends with. But I'd say that the main two that I'd love to get into a conversation with are Werner Herzog and Graham Hancock.
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My artistic spirit is not nurtured by blogospheres.
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I love playing with form. I love playing with sounds... I love music, and I love writing that has a musicality to it.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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It does not destroy matter, which is reassuring. Rewriting one law of physics is worse than trying to eat one peanut.
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When I was a kid, nobody in my family had a car. And I didn't have many toys. The only toys I had were the ones I would steal.
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The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.
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In real conversations, we are always trying to outguess each other.
