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'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'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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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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House passage is good news for the Northwest corner and our environment.
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The Internet is all about accessing entertainment. Realistically, 50 to 80 percent of all traffic is people downloading stuff for free. If you can turn that huge market share into something that you can monetize, even if it is just with ads, you will end up making more money than with all other revenue streams combined.
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Christians should not be hostile, they should not hate, they should not judge, and they should not condemn. But they also must not shy away from real Truth and real Christianity. Just because so many have “itching ears” and “will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions” does not mean Christians should be willing to scratch that itch.
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That is the road we all have to take - over the Bridge of Sight into eternity.
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Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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80: Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
