Ted Nelson Quotes
The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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I'm totally comfortable with myself.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I'm sure more will be discovered.
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We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.
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What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.
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A couple of times, when we needed a big stop, we didn't get it. We gotta be able to make a play when it presents itself. You have to make it in arena football. That was basically the tale of the tape.
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The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.
