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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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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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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Whatever it is that my heart wants, I'll do it, which is different than I used to be. I used to tell my heart what it wanted.
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How is MS-DOS like MSG? Both raise your blood pressure and give you a tightening sensation around your forehead.
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Our reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
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In real conversations, we are always trying to outguess each other.
