David Parnas Quotes
I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to it. What's difficult is to combine a commercial film with art.
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I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
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Honestly I'm not a huge TV person. The only show that I've seen every episode of is 'Pretty Little Liars.' It's my favorite show. I wish I could get into other shows, but I just don't have time!
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I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.
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Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.
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I never drove in England. I rode bicycles. So driving is terrifying.
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Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard.
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I try to be athletic.
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I like teff, an Ethiopian grain. It's not so popular in the States yet, but it's really good, almost like a porridge. And I love sushi, but it's not always that healthy, so I don't keep it at home.
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Ownership is a very complex judicial concept.
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Not a single thing do I remember from the first trip but this: the sense of the place, the savor of the genie-soul of the place which every place has or else is not a place...there it is as big as life, the genie-soul of the place which, wherever you go, you must meet and master first thing or be met and mastered. (4.3).
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Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.
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Your role as a founder changes dramatically once your team hits 10, 20, 50, 100, and so on. Sometimes you forget how big you've grown and continue to act as if you're still 10 people.
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I was ordered by the Colony to go to the Island of Bermuda in order to seize on the Gunpowder in the British Magazines.
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I often wonder why people remake movies. Is there just a lack of imagination out there that they can't come up with an original idea?
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People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.
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I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.
