Neil Harbisson Quotes
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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I started reading seriously at seven or eight, books about myths and legends, the Narnia series. By the time I was 11, I had read all the children's books in my local library, so I moved on to 'Jane Eyre.' What I loved about Jane Eyre was that she didn't rely on her looks but her character. She had a spirit nobody could break.
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I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
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In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.
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The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
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In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.
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I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.
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I was fat, and that was awful because when you're young and sensitive, you think the world is over because you're fat.
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But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
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The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.
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The artist lives only day by day, and is the recipient of the things that surround him; he transposes sensations from outside, according to what the fate reserves him, but transforms them relentlessly and tenaciously, in a manner determined by him alone.
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Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics.
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Where are reliable journalism and reliable investigative voices going to come from? I love the days of old - the Walter Cronkites, the Dan Rathers.
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I think when you're in your 20s, going from adolescence to about 24, I think your life is a series of emotional storms that you have to weather. Life is more emotional at that time, and you're less equipped to deal with what life throws at you. I always think that if you can get past 24, than life really starts at that point.
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What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test.
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I really prefer light-eyed models, They photograph more easily. Of course, I come from a light-eyed background, so maybe that influenced my taste.
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No one wrote better about the sin of pride, the corruption of power and the redemption of love. I will miss you, Gabriel García Márquez.
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Common sense suggests that if no one ever judged other people, there would be no real human community.
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Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time.
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I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to make a living of this.
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We need to get used to seeing humans with antennas sticking out of their heads.
