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Ellen Ullman Quotes

Multitasking, throughput, efficiency - these are excellent machine concepts, useful in the design of computer systems. But are they principles that nurture human thought and imagination?

Ellen Ullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Nationality: american

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Imagination Thought Design Efficiency

I understood the importance of doing an Aaron Sorkin film. He's a political filmmaker.

Jessica Chastain

Political Doing Film Understood He

I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.

John Bercow

Myself Government Believe House Sit

To get the hippie out of certain characters is probably the most difficult thing for me. I was not a hippie by choice but by birth.

Melissa Leo

Me Choice Birth Difficult Out Get

In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations.

Jeff Goodell

Government Win American Political

I see most of my movies at festivals.

Jean Reno

Festivals Movies See I See Most

I always wanted to be a stuntman. If acting went well and I was able to take a year out, I might train and get on the stunt register, which gives you qualifications so you can do more of your own stunts.

Tom Holland

Year You Acting Train More Out

I personally feel that, for some people, their physique and looks work for them. And when you're deprived of both these aspects, you rely on humour!

Riteish Deshmukh

Work People Feel You Looks Humour

I meditate an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening. Once a year I go away for a long retreat. And overall, I just feel more comfortable in my own skin and less anxious, less sad, less fearful.

Rivers Cuomo

Morning Sad Evening Feel Year Skin

You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

Loretta Lynn

Sad Mountains Growing Up Sadness You

When I grew up, there were locked cabinets in public libraries. You needed parental permission if you were under eighteen. I was let down by the overblown reputations of some hardcore fictional works.

Allan Gurganus

You Down Up Eighteen Let Down Some

I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.

Shigeru Miyamoto

Sports Swimming More Never Active

Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.

Paula Radcliffe

People Run Marathon Well Who Really