Donald Knuth Quotes

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

Donald Knuth

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ScienceArtEnoughUnderstandWell

In the '80s I started running, staying in shape.

Jerry Jeff Walker

ShapeStartedStayingRunning

The triangle itself is just an offense based on freedom of the ball to go to different places, everybody feeling involved. It's a good thing.

Jeff Van Gundy

GoodFreedomFeelingGoPlacesBall

And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy, in terms of managing this money.

Michael Chertoff

GoodMoneyStartProcessPolitical

When I had the idea for 'Shopaholic', it was as though a light switched on. I realised I actually wanted to write comedy. No apologies, no trying to be serious, just full-on entertainment. The minute I went with that and threw myself into it, it felt just like writing my first book again - it was really liberating.

Sophie Kinsella

LightMyselfWritingBookComedy

I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the Queen of the Universe pageant, which is charity-based, to benefit UNESCO. For me, the most important thing is that contestants have a charity-based platform or charity ambition.

Joyce Giraud

GirlQueenMeAmbitionVoiceMore

I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am.

Jason Reitman

KnowWhyDrawnAmCertainly

I loved 'The Social Network.' I think it's one of those movies that will stand the test of time.

Jon M. Chu

TimeThinkStandLovedMoviesTest

I remember unbelievable tension in our home. There were lots of meetings, lots of worries. I remember my father told me I had to be careful of what I said on the phone because it was tapped. And I remember how his friends adored and revered him.

Dinah Manoff

FatherHomeMeMeetingsRemember

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Christian Nestell Bovee

TalentGeniusOutLengthThemMakes

Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now would not have seemed funny then.

Craig Brown

FunnyTimeComedyNowSlaveSeem

Braveness, for me, is running into my basement with no socks on. There are huge spiders down there!

Coco Rocha

MeDownSocksSpidersBasementHuge

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age.

Brad Gilbert

AgeGreatTalentYouEarlyYoung

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