Ken Thompson Quotes
On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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When I got out of high school, I started breaking out. I tried everything from A to Z as far as seeing doctors and getting prescriptions. I even did home remedies, and I had no luck. A fan gave me Proactiv, and it cleared my skin, but there were too many steps. I lose everything, and I lost one of the products. My acne started to come back.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. I always walk across the street and go somewhere else. Imagine if one of them came out with their face all pale and said, 'Hurry up and enjoy yourself.' No one wants to know that.
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The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.
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Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.
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Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
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I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.
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I enjoyed acting at school and went to an acting workshop for kids in Nottingham. It was twice a week after school and free to go to - ITV subsidised it. Every now and again, a casting director would turn up. 'Peak Practice' became a rite of passage for us. It was the first job I had.
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I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand
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On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.
