I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
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Related When I hear the word 'documentary,' I don't think certain things should be left out. You... PHIFE DAWG I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of ... KELLY BROOK I think the Australian men and American men are quite different. I feel like Australian men might be... NICKY WHELAN The girls did exactly what I wanted them to do. I didn't want to go five games, I didn't want to go ... BERTHA ORTIZ I was dumping mail on a belt when the gunshots suddenly 'boom, boom, boom, boom'? ALGER BUSANTE I was dumping mail on a belt when the gunshots suddenly (went) 'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ALGER BUSANTE I was dumping mail on a belt when the gunshots suddenly (went) 'boom, boom, boom, boom! ALGER BUSANTE I was dumping mail on a belt when the gunshots suddenly (went) 'boom, boom, boom, boom! It is really... ALGER BUSANTE It was like, 'Boom, boom, boom, boom. DALTON HEDLUND A mental fitness boom is brewing. FAITH POPCORN Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant ... EDDIE VAN HALEN I thought it would be, like, boom boom boom - every pair was going to be beating my time. But someho... JAKE KLASSEN In movies, it's so easy to have this 'boom,' to kill, and I think that's inhumane. JACQUES AUDIARD It's like, boom! - I've got a girlfriend. It turned out to be a good thing because it made m... YOUNG THUG We're all surprised by the persistence of the housing boom, and it actually is a boom in our state. ... GREG WEEKS The baby boom is about to become a patient boom. DALTON MCGUINTY Instead of eight days, it's going to be one day: boom, boom, boom, AARON PEIRSOL It was a smart call because had I missed and they had gone down boom, boom, boom, they could have go... JASON ELAM Is this the worst you've ever had to go boom-boom? JOHNNY KNOXVILLE If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real est... ADAM CAROLLA I've been in, like, kids' clubs... I've been in the Boom Boom Room in New York, and the ... BRIAN GRAZER A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can s... EDWARD R. MURROW I think it's really strange for somebody that's probably never been in the public eye. All o... CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN We were trying to delay it as much as we could. The longer we kept the ball at our end, the less the... BETHANY IRWIN I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The barte... JOHN LEE HOOKER I didn't expect business to boom right away. I know it will pick up. EDUARDO MARTINEZ I just wanted to get to my seat and fall asleep. And boom: There he is. Right there. JAMIE MORRIS Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook —BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—which either meant a S... RICK RIORDAN I'm lucky. Sometimes I even forget I'm pregnant. And then, boom! I get a kick in the stomach! HEIDI KLUM Entrepreneurs say in an economic boom it's actually hard to build a company because everybody... MARC ANDREESSEN I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It's, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and... YOUNG JEEZY We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to g... JOEL OSTEEN I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom. AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man. RON WOOD It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom tim... JEFF BEZOS The boom is definitely subsiding. BRADLEY HUNTER A mouse might be in a cookie jar.. but
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Casper Ten Boom, father of Corrie Ten Boo... CASPER TEN BOOM The entire state is seeing a boom. JAN KOSTNER This clap of lightning went boom! It was like somebody had shot him. The lightning went right throug... JUDY THOMPSON Bill Clinton beat Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, for the White House in 1992 by focu... NIGEL HAMILTON Tick, Tick ... BOOM! JONATHAN LARSON They've gone out of their way to get things right. This will be a big boom for Arkansas. SANDRA SMITH [That kind of sucked, didn't it? I want the old Notre Dame back like I want the old John Madden back... AL MICHAELS I am partly to blame for the decking boom, and I am sorry, I know it?s everywhere these days. ALAN TITCHMARSH I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Sensitivity isn't being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a ... JEFF BUCKLEY He's the only vet clinic in Smiths Station, so I think it's going to be a boom. SANDY WILSON There is a shipping boom and a port boom. As long as China is driving the market, the attraction of ... FRANK KENNEDY It's tempting to use this number as evidence that the housing boom continues - but it's probably an ... PHILLIP NEUHART Columbus is taking off and it's about to boom, this is a hot town right now. GEORGE BENSON Jamie wants a big boom JAMIE HYNEMAN There isn't going to be any boom or bust, GEORGE RUSSELL The boom is winding down to an expansion, DAVID LEREAH It could have been a lot bigger boom. MICHAEL COVINGTON And Boom goes the dynamite RICARDO MELENDEZ I think the Baby Boom does have a tendency to get its nose in everything. The Greatest Generation ha... P. J. O'ROURKE Kaizad Gustad is quite crazy, and he has weird ideas, and 'Boom' is one such idea. It's ... AMITABH BACHCHAN I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits.... DON KING Ellenville's the next place to boom, I think, and a lot of other agents think the same way. It's rea... BARBARA HOWLAND Sounded like thunder real loud boom sound. I was concerned about the guy that it hit. It spun him ar... JOSEPH STONE The area is a good area. It's going to boom someday. FRAN DAVIS I heard a boom, and all I saw was tons of black smoke. KATHY FOSTER Corning is the best way to participate in the LCD boom, ... I think this is still a large and emergi... JOHN HARMON We're expecting a boom when people retire. BRIAN CLARK It's kind of a boom or bust. MIKE MAYOCK I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature ... CARLY FIORINA Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with... ANN MACBETH That boom of yesterday is echoed in today's boom. The players on the stage of the bay area have chan... DEVIN MARKS Boom, crush. Night, losers. Winning, duh. CHARLIE SHEEN Imagine you're sitting there and boom! ADAM SCHLESINGER We're seeing the beginning of another boom. CHARLES GEISST Boom. Poof, and the thing went up. JEFF ROWE My scientific qualifications are relatively scant. I like science. I try really hard to educate myse... NICK HARKAWAY It was an OK year, not a boom, not a bust. MICHAEL NIEMIRA If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts. MARGARET THATCHER He broke up with me." "Because you weren't in love with him. That's an iffy proposition, and I ... CASSANDRA CLARE It's going to be an enormous housing boom. ARTHUR STERBCOW That's Hollywood. Boom! From star to forgotten actor. DIRK BENEDICT My first web series, 'Dorm Diaries,' was a realistic mockumentary about what it was like to ... ISSA RAE India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall b... ARAVIND ADIGA The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time. MOSE ALLISON To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology repre... GARY WOLF I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. ... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III India is a booming market and it is logical to set up operations close to the boom. ROBERT ANDERSON Since we've been able to create that artificial cavity - boom. The bluebird came back. It's a key fa... GARY SPRINGER If someone gives you anger issues and are evil they will eventually go out of control and explode on... GARY F EVANS... I've seen wonders. It's gone from bust to boom. TIM JAMES My hair is naturally curly, and in the 80's, even though I experimented with different lengths, ... SUSANNA HOFFS I think he’s handling it with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your w... CASSANDRA CLARE I was laying down in my bedroom and I heard a loud boom. But I thought it was my son. So I yelled Ja... DOLORES CAMACHO I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and t... ADAM MCKAY It was totally amazing. I saw this flash, like a streak. Then I saw this explosion, like a big boom. JACEK PURAT Time becomes a stutter-the space between drumbeats, splintered into fragments, and also endlessly lo... LAUREN OLIVER I ate a big steak in 1988 and never felt worse. That was it, boom, over. Never again. BRYAN ADAMS After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Ch... JACKIE CHAN When we look back a year from now I think we'll recognize the summer of 2005 as the peak of the hous... RICHARD DEKASER The economic situation in Brazil, a big part of it is due to this tremendous boom in China. JOSE MARTINS Everybody started to raise their prices — the first real estate boom. She describes it. DEBI MURRAY Everybody started to raise their prices the first real estate boom. She describes it. DEBI MURRAY I take my hair, and I just play with it. I'll just take my hand, I'll mess with the front, a... BLAKE JENNER
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It is the only... WALTER BAGEHOT Life is a school of probability. WALTER BAGEHOT It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause... WALTER ANNENBERG I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty. WALTER ANNENBERG I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence. WALTER ANNENBERG Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minu... WALTER ANNENBERG God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender. WALTER ANNENBERG You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others. WALTER ANNENBERG What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold. WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energi... 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WALTER ANNENBERG Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable late... WALTER ANNENBERG Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound. WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest power is not money power, but political power. WALTER ANNENBERG I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible f... WALTER ANDERSON