Nathan Myhrvold Quotes
Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this.
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I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.
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While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.
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Urban mobility is a massive global challenge. The world needs people to use multiple forms of transport - a mix of biking, walking, and other low-energy forms of transportation.
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I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.
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My sister could fall asleep at the drop of a hat. She would fall asleep on the train. Me, I never slept. Still. I have a hard time sleeping. But I used to admire her ability to wake up late.
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Look at where Jesus went to pick people. He didn't go to the colleges; he got guys off the fishing docks.
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Life on our planet is defined by the health of our ocean.
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Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions.
