Random Quotes
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Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
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My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.
Brian Eno Roxy Music
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What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail is the best way to make a setting convincing. You can of course invent your own random details, and sometimes I will also mash up real incidents.
Zachary Lazar
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Part of innovation is, fake it until you make it. Keep trying things, but it's not just the random trying.
Bozoma Saint John
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The falling flakes were random and without purpose; the snow was drunker than she was.
Chuck Klosterman
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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.
Douglas Coupland
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I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that.
Alexei Sayle
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We can all fight against loneliness by engaging in random acts of kindness.
Gail Honeyman
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Beginnings come at random but endings always have a reason.
Ayumi Hamasaki
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I believe very deeply that this beauty I call the soul is not a random occurrence. I don't know what its meaning is at some larger level, but I know that it has meaning.
Andrew Solomon
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Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. For, as has been pointed out several times, there is no such thing as a random number - there are only methods to produce random numbers, and a strict arithmetic procedure of course is not such a method.
John von Neumann
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I have a random array of ball markers in my bag and don't use any specific one. Many are the plastic kind you find at almost any golf course.
Matt Kuchar
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No one I hang out with thinks that a random person on the street should be able to buy a machine gun.
Margo Price
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
Donald Rumsfeld
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We always thought the living earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planet’s random geological savagery.
Arthur C. Clarke
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It was not until I began to write a book called 'Light Years' that an editor really stepped in. The editor was Joe Fox at Random House, and he wound up editing a subsequent book.
James Salter
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I'm kind of feeling like I don't mind being open with the random details of my life, like I'm at a coffee shop or my toe hurts or something, but obviously other more personal areas of life where I will just never really go there.
Kina Grannis
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One could happily make a case that more random civilians, and fewer fucking lawyers, should be on the court. But the only other thing to say about Miers is that she is a fucking lawyer.
Christopher Hitchens
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I just listen to quite random songs; I don't like really particular artists or bands.
Oliver Sim The xx
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One of my random skills is I have a very strong memory for dialogue and moments, and I don't know why.
Jay Chandrasekhar
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It is our custom to say that someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' if they meet with fortunate or unfortunate circumstances, respectively. It is, however, too simplistic to think in terms of random 'luck.' Even from a scientific point of view, this is not a sufficient explanation.
Dalai Lama
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I've gone up to a random guy in a grocery store before and said, 'Hi, I think you're cute. Are you single?' I'm not smooth. I just put it out there.
Autumn Reeser
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By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior. For if there is no such thing as moral authority, you can do anything you want. You make everything relative, and there’s no reason for any of our higher values.
Ben Carson
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There are many random, unprotected sites online that appear safe to use and are ready to accept credit card information. You wouldn't give a stranger off the street your credit card information, so be extra cautious about who you are sharing it with online.
Alexa Von Tobel