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 can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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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 grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream.
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In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may injure us more seriously, but it will not wound us so deeply as a stone thrown deliberately by a malevolent hand. The blow may miss, but the intention always strikes home.
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Revolutionary art anticipates visionary physics. When the vision of the revolutionary artist, rooted in the Dionysian right hemisphere, combines with precognition, art will prophesy the future conception of reality.
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There are times when we have to add resources to Apple, grow talent to do something that we weren't able to do before.
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THE HE-ANCIENT: When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truthSTREPHON: Yes; and take all the fun out of it.
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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.
