Daniel Lyons Quotes
Content is supposed to be king. But in the world of electronic devices, Apple seems to be placing the crown on its own head, apparently believing that its iPad and iPhone are more important to customers than the books, movies, and music they store on them.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.
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My music is like a diary. I use every experience.
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The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music.
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
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I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so distracted - -by having to work other jobs, or what other people have to say about your writing - -but the one thing that really matters is that you just keep going, especially when you're working on a novel. It's so easy to get discouraged and give up.
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Content is supposed to be king. But in the world of electronic devices, Apple seems to be placing the crown on its own head, apparently believing that its iPad and iPhone are more important to customers than the books, movies, and music they store on them.
