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Poetry is that sentiment of the soul, or faculty of the mind, which enables its possessor to appreciate and realize the heights and depths of human experience. It is the power to feel pleasure or suffer pain in all its exquisiteness and intensity. ”
Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life. ”
To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say. ”
I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones. ”
Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death. ”
Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for. ”
The truth is that behind any AI program that works is a huge amount of, A, human ingenuity and, B, blood, sweat and tears. It's not the kind of thing that suddenly takes off like 'Her' or in 'Ex Machina.' ”
With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health. ”
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. ”
My father is from Mississippi, and I heard stories of racial injustice my whole life. ”