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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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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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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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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The pleasurable part of public mourning can also lead to a sense of self-sanctification that justifies in advance any war effort, whether or not the target and destruction are in any way related to the initial event.
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Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.
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I'm not the healthiest eater; I'll admit that. I love junk food.
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I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money or being able to support family.
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I've begun to believe more and more that movies are all about transitions, that the key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes. And not just how you get from one scene to the next, but where you leave a scene and where you come into a new scene. Those are some of the most important decisions that you make. It can be the difference between a movie that works and a movie that doesn't.
