Christopher Morley Quotes
It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature.
Quotes to Explore
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I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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We were descended from royalty.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
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The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being looked down upon, it's that sense of failure that's built into a system that assures everyone they can make it to the top, but then reserves the top for only a tiny fraction of the strivers.
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In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue – I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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I am always looking for ways to move technology away from being over-featured. Moving to Silicon Valley in the mid-1990s meant I grew up as a designer in an environment where technology is a tool and not a means to an end. I believe that design should be driven by ideas, not style.
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I'm a vocabulary nerd.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
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What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.
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I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
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I love Chicago. I wouldn't be where I am now, and I certainly wouldn't have the confidence that I hope that I project, if I'd not lived in Chicago.
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Nature, when left to universal laws, tends to produce regularity out of chaos.
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Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.
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They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
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It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature.
