"[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth."

-- Stephen Hawking

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“If you try to improve the performance of a system of people, machines, and procedures by setting numerical goals for the improvement of individual parts of the system, the system will defeat your efforts and you will pay a price where you least expect it.”

Source : "Quality First: Selected Papers on Quality & Productivity Improvement". Book by Myron Tribus, Washington, D.C.: National Society of Professional Engineers (#1459), 1992.
“The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have to remain absolutely sensitive to every nuance of the behavior of the people around you. Because, ultimately, if you don't keep in mind the overall humanity, then the machine takes over and suddenly all you have are technically fine shots, technically good performances. The story's being told, but something's lacking, something mysterious, indefinable.”
“I know that everyone has been hurt in some way and that everyone is capable of learning and relearning how to trust again. Starting with themselves.”
“God provides the men and women needed for each generation.”
“We live in an old chaos of the sun.”
“I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist.”
“The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.”
“Forney in Where the Heart Is has more fans than any other character Ive played.”

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