Bill Gates Quotes
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Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression.
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Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
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I am no more humble than my talents require.
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I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death.
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To my mind, it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. But it is something you cannot possibly escape: your psychological make-up is such that you are inclined to look back over your shoulder.
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Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
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unconcerned but not indifferent
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When I went there, I did not think to have done this. But perceiving the spirit of God so strong upon me, I would not consult flesh and blood.
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It's great fun being an academic because you have a certain licence to be a bit of a joker.
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I like multinational companies. They may have 40 to 60 percent of their engines of growth in the United States, but I do like the diversification of being more global.
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Nature moves towards balance.
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My dream is to make everyone love video games.
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When you do a first movie, you're contractually supposed to do the second one and then you don't do it, you become an executive producer. That's why there are a ton of directors who have executive producer credits on other movies.
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I did a lot of musical theater when I was younger, and I really hope to get back there someday. I miss singing a lot. I listen to Broadway show tunes in my car and sing along to them.
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I wake up every morning, and life is different. I've got a gig or a shoot. Flying here, flying there. Meeting wicked people. Going to amazing places. I'm relishing it.
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When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
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The beauty about the D-list is that people who are on it probably don't know they are.
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Most of the bands that I really like no longer exist. That might just be because I'm in my thirties or whatever. But I also think it's the rare band that doesn't, like, turn into something else.
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You ask ‘for what’ God wants you. Isn’t the primary answer that He wants you. We’re not told that the lost sheep was sought out for anything except itself [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:3-7]. Of course, He may have a special job for you: and the certain job is that of becoming more and more His.
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I love acting, but I am a mom, and the roles just weren't coming because of a mixture of things: because I'm not ambitious, and because I'm older, and I had a baby. I really felt like I had said a graceful and completely happy goodbye to acting in a significant way. And I had sort of made my peace with that.
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You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything else
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Being maniacal about something is very helpful.
