William Poundstone Quotes
Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is.
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There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.
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Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.
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I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms.
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Online is such a brilliant, brilliant way to connect with young readers - even if they just want to tweet, 'Hey, I read your book!' - that, absolutely, I connect with that. But I also treat writing as solitary and keep it to myself as long as I can.
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Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.
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The whole Baja California peninsula is an energetic place, and it's incredibly alive.
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It is not about money. It is about how you treat the player.
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I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.
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If I hadn't turned out to be a filmmaker, I would have been a musician.
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Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
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Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.
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If it were not for people who stepped forward and gave me opportunities at a time when I had not proved myself at all, believe me, I would not have a career.
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Fernanda, on the other hand, looked for it in vain along the paths of her everyday itinerary without knowing that the search for lost things is hindered by routine habits and that is why it is so difficult to find them.
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I'm not even a trained producer. I just keep following my ear and working on stuff until it sounds the way I like it.
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Obviously, given the objective that we have, what I would hope is that people would be able to see that actually we had reduced the numbers of people, the net number of people, coming into the country. People would, presumably, see that, but it's difficult to say how.
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When an organization is willing to support only lawmakers who are with it 100 percent of the time, it virtually guarantees that the debate will be bitterly partisan.
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I don't think we need to have an either/or debate about the use of military force - I think you can be both tough and smart.
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Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is.
