Whitfield Diffie Quotes

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.

Whitfield Diffie

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WorkGoodIntellectualThings

I feel a lot of pressure when I'm writing because I know, you know, if they looked at a synopsis of the book, what they read could only confirm all the stereotypes that they have about us and about people like us.

Jesmyn Ward

PeopleWritingBookPressureYouUs

This 90/10 rule holds true in almost anything financial. Take the game of golf, for example. Ten percent of the professional golfers make 90 percent of the money.

Robert Kiyosaki

MoneyGameFinancialGolfTrueTake

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.

Sid Caesar

GeniusIdiotThreeWheelFirstGuy

I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air.

Roone Arledge

RespectGameEnjoyGoAirAgainst

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.

Roy Lichtenstein

MusicPeopleWorldThinkReality

Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started making contacts with the people in the neighborhood three months before shooting began, so that everyone involved was comfortable.

Mathieu Kassovitz

GoodRespectPeopleThreeUnderstand

It's difficult to describe the weirdness of speaking to a man who appears to be perfectly in control of his faculties, who can deliver off-the-cuff repartee, and yet who is actually utterly disconnected from who he is.

Louis Theroux

ManControlDifficultWhoDeliver

I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasn't going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing.

Joseph Kosinski

LifeMeComputersLovedDetails

I fight for my fans. I love putting on a good show for them, and I feel that they enjoy a good stand-up game.

Jose Aldo

LoveGoodFightGameFeelEnjoy

I wouldn't want to direct. I see how much work it is.

Devon Sawa

WorkWantSeeI SeeDirectMuch

I've always felt like we're all human beings and we're all basically given the tools to make whatever choices we want to make. How we treat other people. How we treat ourselves. Just the whole philosophy of that and the philosophical logic of that is that we're all capable of great acts of evil, and we're all capable of great acts of good.

Chris Bauer

GoodGreatPeopleEvilTreatTools

Americans are worried about climate change because they can already witness its effects. They see its signature in the drought in California, where record heat has dried the state's fertile soil.

Brian Schatz

ChangeClimate ChangeSoilHeatSee

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