Douglas Hofstadter There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent. – Douglas Hofstadter Common Quotes Craziness Quotes Criteria Quotes Cutoff Quotes Exceeded Quotes Publication Quotes Sense Quotes Stringent Quotes Threshold Quotes You can imagine a soul as being a detailed, elaborate pattern that exists very clearly in one brain. When a person dies, the original is no longer around. But there are other versions of it in other people’s brains. It’s a less detailed copy, it’s coarse-grained. We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an ‘unlucky number.’ Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label ’13’ in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact).
P Chidambaram I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India. – P Chidambaram
Chris HarrisJr My dad is huge on music, so he always made tapes from his friends. That’s how I got into music. – Chris Harris, Jr
Juliet Stevenson I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I’ve never found a look. – Juliet Stevenson
Rashida Jones In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer – because there was a time that was true. So that’s where I developed my personality. – Rashida Jones
Andrea HirataHappiness Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport. – Andrea Hirata
Jamie Dimon When my grandfather was born, there was no healthcare. There were no airplanes. There were no boats. There were no trains. There were no communications. No Internet. No widespread knowledge. It will be a completely different world but a much better place in a hundred years. – Jamie Dimon
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