Alan Perlis Quotes
80: Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was in high school, I was a bad kid and a good student.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Being behind the lens gives me a completely different perspective, and because of my blog, I get to do projects and attend shows lending me another angle.
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I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
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I'm starting to find my own style.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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My diet is very kale-heavy. It's so nutrient-dense. I stay away from fake processed stuff.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them.
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
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Image means a lot. It is everything in the business that we are in.
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I don't consider myself as a glamour diva. If you get to know me, you will see that I am so dorky and weird.
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I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well.
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I have a bit of a traveling addiction, and, ah, yeah. I went to, ah, Bali this summer.
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The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.
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Ever since I was a teenager, my style around girls has been kinda like 'laid back in da cut.'
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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Successful workers will be those who embrace a lifetime of learning. Those who don't will be left behind.
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When you're suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if you're in your 30s, it's a hard conversation. I'm a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought that's the way I'd be doing this.
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GUIL: A scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear
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80: Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
