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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Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
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For my part, I favour an approach to statecraft that embraces principles, as long as it is not stifled by them; and I prefer such principles to be accompanied by steel along with good intentions.
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I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
