Alan Perlis Quotes
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I caught the acting bug from my dad.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.
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As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.
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When I was little, I guess I was just an ordinary kid. But then things changed when I was in junior high. You know, kids that become geeks become one because of something. Like, they aren't good at sports, or girls don't like them. I, too, for some reason, got into things like science fiction and, well, especially science fiction as an escape.
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I take my work seriously.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
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My version of makeup is a really intense skin regimen. I just think it's a healthier way to look at beauty.
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All the dreamers in all the world are dizzy in the noodle.
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The only hope I can see for the future depends on a wiser and braver use of the reason, not a panic flight from it.
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I am following a particular diet, and it requires me to not just eat right but also at the right time. So, I carry food from home.
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How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman of India's largest corporation, gives an annual award to the employee who comes up with the best idea that failed.
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The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we were supposed to do.
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Ishta-devata and Guru are aids - very powerful aids on this path. But an aid to be effective requires your effort also. Your effort is a sine qua non. It is you who should see the sun. Can spectacles and the sun see for you? You yourself have to see your true nature. Not much aid is required for doing it!
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling.
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Colorado's collective shale deposits contain somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 trillion barrels of oil. That's almost as much as the entire world's proven oil reserves!
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I don't believe that people die and come back as spirits, but I think there might be some unexplained events.
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States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
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11: If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
