Alan Kay Quotes
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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We must draw on the unique strengths of the Japanese economy, seek an open and cooperative approach with our international partners, and intelligently exploit the promise of new growth areas.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.
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I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.'
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Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.
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The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.
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I love fashion - I really feel it's where I belong.
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Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
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I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.
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My father came from Cuba, but he married a nice Jewish girl in Miami, and I followed suit and married a nice Jewish girl in Miami as well.
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Without mentioning any names, there was a film that was being done, and I ran into the producer on the plane. It was a book that I really, really loved, and I said, 'I'd love to be a part of this.' And they made it clear that that was not going to be possible - for no particular reason other than that there was just no part for a black person.
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To do it always right, that is what music is to me.
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Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.
