Nathan Myhrvold Quotes
The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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If I see a now-28-year-old woman coming up to me, she's probably thinking of 'Juno' because she watched it with her parents when she was 18 years old.
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For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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All-time favorite workout is basketball. It's very hard to do basketball training, though, but it's my favorite.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
