Albert Einstein Quotes
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
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I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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Scientists and academics in particular focus on detail and the minutiae. When they talk to each other, they usually don't focus on the broad ideas; they don't focus on social interconnectedness. They focus on the task that they're doing.
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Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
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I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.
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It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.
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The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.
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I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one extreme opinion a month. I don't know how these columnists have two or three ideas a week; I was having difficulty having 12 things to say a year.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.
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When politicians seek to restrict political speech, it is invariably to protect their own incumbency and avoid having to defend their policies in the marketplace of ideas.
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In a way, 'WALL-E' had some of the same disturbing elements that 'Up' does.
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When I first decided I wanted to make beats and write songs and stuff like that, it wasn't like I sat down and the first thing I wrote was even halfway legit. It took a while to find my way through it.
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I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever.
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Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.
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Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor.
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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.
