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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Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
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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'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.
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How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I wanted to write this one director a letter, so I wrote him a handwritten note. But then I was like, 'How many people are writing this guy handwritten letters? Is it going to seem cheesy? What do I do?'
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It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
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Directing 'When You Find Me' was one of the most creatively rewarding endeavors of my career.
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The first time I flew after September 11, I honestly was a little paranoid. As I was going to the metal detector, I was looking at my duffel bag, and I'm like, 'Do I have anything that's like a weapon?' I was really paranoid they were gonna find something sharp, and I was gonna get in trouble.
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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.
