Alan Kay Quotes

Because people don't understand what computing is about, they think they have it in the iPhone, and that illusion is as bad as the illusion that 'Guitar Hero' is the same as a real guitar.

Alan Kay

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HeroPeopleThinkGuitarBadiPhone

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.

John Abizaid

TimeExperienceKnowProtectOwn

I guess I've been extremely keen on theatre, on getting on to the stage, taking on different roles, enacting vocations, personalities, people, situations, and I guess that's the interest that has driven me to work in movies.

Amitabh Bachchan

WorkPeopleMeTheatreMoviesStage

Whenever my friend says something cool, and especially if my team says something, like a cool line in English, I'll write it down, and maybe I'll rephrase or use in a different way or something.

Sigrid

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I have this magpie instinct for the next glittering object. There are one or two things I know I can't write about, though: DIY, cricket, automobile repair. I could study it for a lifetime and not produce a word on the carburettor.

Simon Schama

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I am a very positive and optimistic person.

Rita Moreno

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I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular.

Ritchie Blackmore

BecomeBarAnymoreUsePopularToo

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.

Mike Curb

LookingPoliticalRememberYouKnow

In the 1970s, professional sports found a different breed of team owner in George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees.

Don Yaeger

SportsNew YorkTeamProfessional

Terrorism tramples upon any rights and freedoms and generates fear and hatred; it is an obstacle to efforts at improving our world.

Dmitry Medvedev

FearWorldTerrorismHatredRights

I have two mini huskies called Woody Guthrie and Edison Guthrie.

Dhani Harrison

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We're often accused of trying to manipulate opinion or that we're trying to elevate society. I think that the greatest thing we can do is to give you a vacation.

Dean Devlin

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Chaplin was my idol. I remember watching those movies at this little theater in Woodstock, N.Y., when I was probably 6 and laughing so hard at the surprises, like Keaton suddenly being dragged by a streetcar.

Chevy Chase

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