"I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief."

-- Stephen Cole Kleene

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“You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. Itâ€™s the playing thatâ€™s irresistible. Dicing from one year to the next with the things you love, what you risk reveals what you value.”
“In the 1990's, a time of corporate capital's global ascendancy, the mildest restraints on its prerogatives have been peremptorily rejected. Automatically, under this designation, measures to protect national cultural industries, for example, have been ruled unacceptable infringements of "free trade".”

Source : "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.
“The growing pains of ... being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity to do many things. And yet there seems to be a misunderstanding about who you are and what you're trying to do. And that requires patience, and people eventually will understand.”
“The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.”
“There is light in darkness, you just have to find it.”
“If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you.”

Source : "Zen in the Art of Helping". Book by David Brandon, 1976.
“The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing up like the military characters in the game. So 'Battleship' is really my second board game turned movie!”
“I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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