Alan Kay Quotes
The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.
Quotes to Explore
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I write in a small office at home.
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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.'
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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Just keep taking chances and having fun.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a little while. I honestly think, even today, that would be the other career I would go into. Somehow I would be involved with animals.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they're humble.
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You cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.
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I just told them no one's going to jump with me. I told them I thought the play would work. I gave input and he listened and we were able to make a play.
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I met a congressman who claimed that he could introduce me to two people who saw Amelia Earhart.
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The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.
