Claude Shannon Quotes
A few first rate research papers are preferable to a large number that are poorly conceived or half-finished. The latter are no credit to their writers and a waste of time to their readers.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
Madonna Breakfast Club
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
Nathan Fillion
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
Adam Peaty
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
Karen Abbott
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
Dan Quinn
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I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
Daniel Craig
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
Wendell Willkie
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
Rachel Bloom
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
Sally Kirkland
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
Hamza Yusuf
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
Vin Scully
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
Abby Wambach
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
Ed Begley, Jr.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
Abby Wambach
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
Aaron Neville
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
Rachel True
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
Ban Ki-moon
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The crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten.
Albert II of Belgium
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From here in Iowa, it seems to be the wealthy and big corporations get enough help.
Patty Judge
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I definitely do like change. I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I don't like the same old thing all the time.
Cobi Jones
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My publicity agent … went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was 'you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.' And I said 'Wow, that's a colorful phrase!'
Johnny Mercer
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
Lamar Alexander
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A few first rate research papers are preferable to a large number that are poorly conceived or half-finished. The latter are no credit to their writers and a waste of time to their readers.
Claude Shannon