Jeff Hawkins Quotes

Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.

Jeff Hawkins

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Short of spending $10,000, there is nothing you can do to your head to hide the fact that you're going bald.

Jennifer Coolidge

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There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.

Andrew Sullivan

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I have no friends and I never leave my house.

Megan Fox

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The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.

John Marshall

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In Europe, there are many filmmakers working in the same territory: immigration, and the things that are most disruptive to European life today. That's not a judgment. I think it's good that cinema looks at such things.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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We're going to need oil and gas and coal for a long time if America wants to keep the lights on.

John S. Watson

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I was going to get a degree in economics and be a teacher. But I couldn't afford to pay for the education. So I just got the MBA and not the doctorate. I loved it at Bain, and I've been there ever since.

Stephen Pagliuca

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I do one thing Gielgud didn't: I play the ukulele.

Roger Rees

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We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

Lobsang Tenzin

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For reasons I don't fully understand, tragic love has a certain appeal.

Christian Camargo

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I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.

Christine Lahti

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We're movers, forward thinkers, people who get things done. But the Tea Party and Republicans like Bob Dold are holding us back.

Brad Schneider

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