Douglas Hofstadter Quotes

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

Douglas Hofstadter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 15, 1945

Topics

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I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail.

John Buford

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I remember when New Labour got in. I was at Salford Tech studying drama, and everyone was jumping up and down, and I was so upset, I went to a phone box and called my granddad.

Maxine Peake

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When I was a kid, I was fat, and I was teased mercilessly. But once I grew up and got out of my unhealthy relationship with food, for the most part I've had a very healthy view. If I ever find myself getting worried about how I'll look on the red carpet, I'll take a step back and look at what's really going on inside.

Alysia Reiner

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I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

Shirley Knight

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I took vocal lessons for the first time and actually learned a lot about using my voice as an instrument as opposed to just doing what I've always done and going by feeling. I'm still doing that, but I've learned a lot of tricks and how to manipulate and play with my voice a little bit.

Travie McCoy

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Wormholes don't exist because the only way they would exist is if they were seeded with exotic material created by an intelligence far beyond our own. Something would have to make one.

Jonathan Nolan

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Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things.

Christopher Paolini

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I put on close to 60 pounds for 'Genesis,' an independent movie from New Zealand.

Cliff Curtis

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I had adapted to the blonde. So when they told me I'm going back to do these five episodes of 'Arrow', I was clearly really excited, but when they said I couldn't be blonde, it stung a little.

Cody Rhodes

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When you can watch something grow that you created - it's really an amazing feeling.

Brody Jenner

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Will I ever again doubt that miracles exist? Not after giving birth to my daughter at 47 without fertility treatments, after surviving breast cancer.

Susan McBride

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Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

Sheryl Crow

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