I just toured around looking for fractals, and when I found something that had a scaling geometry, I would ask the folks what was going on - why they had made it that way.
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BILL HENSLEY I was two and a half and my folks would put it on the record player and I would run around the house... LEO KOTTKE It was just the adventure of creating this thing that we had hopes and dreams about. When we made 'N... JON HEDER It's our fault. We should have given him better parts. , ON HEARING THAT RONALD REAGAN HAD BEEN ELECTED GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA The wickedness of the world was a part of creation, I knew this, and the Angel of Death had been cre... ALICE HOFFMAN At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat ... ERIC CLAPTON I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated... ANGIE MARTINEZ Looking back at that period of time was very interesting to me - just what had happened to it and wh... DEXTER WILLIAMS Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was bein... 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ORNETTE COLEMAN When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me u... MAGIC JOHNSON It's pretty timely, ... Not that I had the foresight. I just -- I found a new world, and I figured I... BEN YOUNGER Guys get frustrated like Frankie did, and I understand that, ... If it had taken place out of sight,... ADRIAN BELTRE I just did a film in which I had to be a dancer and I was able to do all kinds of extraordinary thin... JANE SEYMOUR I thought they had the wrong number when they called to ask me to be on the Olympic team. It was ver... BRIAN SANCHES I wasn't surprised. I thought it had a good chance this time around. I thought people would vote wit... BRAD COLEMAN My mother desperately wanted children. She had a child that was stillborn - something I learned when... STANLEY HAUERWAS If I see someone else doing something I start to panic and I wonder 'what's going on? Why are they d... DENNY HAMLIN I made 'Enemy' to prep myself for 'Prisoners.' I had the need to direct something sm... DENIS VILLENEUVE I found myself constantly clinging to the things that imprisoned me. For I knew that setting them fr... LAUREN VALENCIA
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RON PAUL You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws. RON PAUL Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we do... RON PAUL What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a ... RON PAUL Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up t... RON PAUL 1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. RON PAUL If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not s... RON PAUL When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads. RON PAUL The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our lib... RON PAUL There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator... 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RON CHERNOW As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without pun... RON CHERNOW The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. The... RON CHERNOW Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of ma... RON PAUL Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing. RON BLOMBERG Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther Ki... RON FOURNIER If you manage things properly - and, listen, I'm a business guy. I've got to prioritize spen... RON JOHNSON I am very grateful to Jeb Bush for his support of my candidacy. RON DESANTIS Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days follow... RON FOURNIER When I came to town and saw the price of diesel went above regular gas, that burnt me up. RON ZIEGLER You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buyin... RON CHERNOW I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking... RON WHITE If you watch the 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour,' don't expect that when you come see me by my... RON WHITE There's a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don't know ... RON WOOD Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can... RON JAWORSKI It's an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated ... RON FOURNIER President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged... RON FOURNIER I have very close friends who are very devout Catholics, and I talked to them before the 'Da Vin... 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RON CHERNOW To love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from ... RON HALL You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer. RON HOWARD Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing. RON LUCIANO Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can ... RON JAWORSKI Every new idea is an impossibility until it is born. RON BROWN Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. RON BLOMBERG After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was vie... RON CHERNOW Life is an aggregate of experience, which continually surprises us. RON CARLSON More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures ... RON KIND I don't live in books, but, boy, have books amplified my life. 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When you make those mistakes, you try not to make them the third time or the ... RON JAWORSKI I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means. RON SILVER Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregna... RON FOURNIER It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to... RON WYDEN When you first meet an investor, you've got to be able to say in one compelling sentence - that ... RON CONWAY Facebook is becoming the web. Everything you need is there... it is the universe. RON CONWAY Cities like New York have already followed San Francisco and have started similar organizations like... RON CONWAY I started sfCiti because I believed that technology companies needed to take a 'One City' ap... RON CONWAY I couldn't care less who is mad at me as long as the entrepreneur comes out ahead. RON CONWAY I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are bu... RON CONWAY All the biggest companies are based on a founder who had a need, hacked it together, and said, '... RON CONWAY Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone li... RON CONWAY The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companie... RON CONWAY Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers'... RON CONWAY As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is impo... RON CONWAY Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of... RON CONWAY I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skept... RON CONWAY Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an ag... RON CONWAY By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competit... RON CONWAY I am most proud of what sfCiti has accomplished with the 'Circle the Schools' program, which... RON CONWAY You can't learn to be ambitious and driven. RON CONWAY Pinterest is offering consumers a way to discover things on the web, in a serendipitous way, with a ... RON CONWAY Anytime is a good time to start a company. RON CONWAY The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the... RON CONWAY From my standpoint, we ought to be talking about... how do you make Wisconsin a more attractive plac... RON JOHNSON I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a chance of having an overvie... RON PERLMAN I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose ... RON WHITE Life is not always like chess. 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RON PAUL Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so lo... RON FOURNIER The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intell... RON JAWORSKI Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell researc... RON KIND It went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech an... RON WHITE I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old.... RON WHITE Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts ... RON FOURNIER There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in for... RON PAUL What we do not need are career politicians that simply run for office to be somebody with a big titl... RON JOHNSON Career politicians manufacture hogwash. 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RON JOHNSON According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appeali... RON FOURNIER If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The p... RON CHERNOW If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If they live with fear, they learn to be appre... RON FINLEY The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance f... RON CARLSON If China is helping its domestic industries charge an artificially low price for solar panels and ot... RON WYDEN I've worked with Bette Davis, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda. Here's the thing they ... RON HOWARD 'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Pic... RON FOURNIER A good bassist determines the direction of any band. RON CARTER I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines a... 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