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 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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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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Walnuts are so rich. I also love that you can chew them for five minutes. Then I eat a couple of golden raisins as a palate cleanser because they are really tart, and then more walnuts. It's a great snack for me.
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Honest people don't hide their deeds.
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What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds.
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My fingertips are my favorite makeup brush! I especially like to apply my eye shadow with them, get it nice and smudgy. All my favorite makeup artists used their fingers to apply and their hand as a palette.
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80: Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
