Alan Kay Quotes
Computing is just a fabulous place for that, because it's a place where you don't have to be a Ph.D. or anything else. It's a place where you can still be an artisan. People are willing to pay you if you're any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.
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I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.
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Computing is just a fabulous place for that, because it's a place where you don't have to be a Ph.D. or anything else. It's a place where you can still be an artisan. People are willing to pay you if you're any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.
