Alan Kay Quotes
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
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The worship of youth has diminished - perhaps generally - in recent years.
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior managers in London. But I wanted to be in Stoke. What could be more satisfying than creating work for 3,000 people in my home town?
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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
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Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
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I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age.
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
