You ought to spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.

The Breakfast Club

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Topic

What other people think

Speaker

Richard Vernon

Actor

Paul Gleason

Source

The Breakfast Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Coming of age (film) Teen Coming of age

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

The Breakfast Club. Directed by John Hughes, A&M Films/Channel Productions, 1985.

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The reason that no computer program can ever be a mind is simply that a computer program is only syntactical, and minds are more than syntactical. Minds are semantical, in the sense that they have more than a formal structure, they have a content.

John R. Searle

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Topic
Artificial intelligence

Author

John R. Searle
Source
Minds, Brains, and Science
Language
English
Time
1984 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Searle, John R. "Minds, Brains, and Science." Reith Lectures. BBC Radio 4. 1984. Radio.

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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Wasting time Time Nature of life

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1746 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.