Alonzo Church Quotes

The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

Alonzo Church

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AssumptionsLookChoiceFailAnnoyed

The genre of narrative business books that I love so much - the ones that have a you-are-there quality - was invented, or so it is said, in 1982 by David McClintick, who wrote 'Indecent Exposure,' a rollicking good read about a Hollywood scandal and the ultimate boardroom power struggle at Columbia Pictures.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

LoveGoodBusinessPowerQuality

It is not always a treat to grow up as the heir to a world-famous leader.

Michael Beschloss

LeaderTreatGrowGrow UpAlwaysUp

Most of us accept that although we may believe our dreams to be real events, upon waking, we can tell the difference between nocturnal hallucinations and reality.

Siri Hustvedt

DreamsBelieveRealityAcceptEvents

Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.

Rod Stewart

ProudLivingCaliforniaBritishVery

A calling is the place where your gifts, abilities, desires, and feelings of worth all meet. When you follow your calling, you feel at home, at peace - you feel as though you're where you're meant to be.

Mike Yaconelli

HomePeaceFeelWorthYouFeelings

I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.

Monte Irvin

TeamControlTryingCubaWildHard

I get as excited walking around a CVS as I do walking around in Bergdorf's.

Mindy Grossman

WalkingExcitedGetAround

Every day is work for me, but it's also a party. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

Diplo

WorkDayMeWorldEvery DayParty

Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice.

DeRay Mckesson

WorkJusticeHateRacismWorldLaws

In some ways, it's easier to be the lead. Week after week, scene after scene, the rhythms of filming force you to peel away a certain amount of artifice. When you're on set that much, there's a license to let the character emerge from the work itself.

Corey Stoll

WorkCharacterWeekYouLeadForce

One of the problems with any kind of talking about the media landscape is that we've just been through an unusually stable period in which, for fifty years, English language media was centered in three cities - London, New York, and Los Angeles - around a very stable group of people working in a relatively stable set of media.

Clay Shirky

New YorkPeopleProblemsLanguage

I'm kind of sad that Tim is not going to direct any more of the Deadpool films, because I really love him. He's hilarious.

Brianna Hildebrand

LoveSadKindMoreHimGoing

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