Alec Berg Quotes
My brother is an electrical engineer and went to computer science grad school at Stanford, and he'd tell me stories about the happy hours he'd organize.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I've said before, the number one thing that we have to work on is protecting the gay community from sharia law. Now, in the United States, it's probably not a big issue right now, but my brother-in-law is gay, and his partner and I would like them to be able to travel any place in the world without them risking harm.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.
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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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My record speaks for itself.
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When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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I think it's great fun sometimes when I am playing golf, just to give it a little uch, is to bet the other guy five bucks a hole or something like that.
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My parents didn't do office hours, and they did not do vacations, so if you had a problem, you could always come around. I watched them and thought, 'OK, this is what you are supposed to do.' I was very engaged in my local primary school and when I went to secondary school and to university. And one thing led to another, and here I am.
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We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.
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I am better at my job for being a mother and vice versa.
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My brother is an electrical engineer and went to computer science grad school at Stanford, and he'd tell me stories about the happy hours he'd organize.
