David Douglass Quotes
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I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own inventiveness, the arbitrariness of its undertaking and the ruthlessness of the way in which it proceeds.
Zygmunt Bauman -
I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
Parker Posey -
An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Mae West -
I don't look at myself as suffering.
A. J. Langer -
Cynicism is humor in ill health.
H. G. Wells
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
Daniel Ek -
Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
O. J. Simpson -
I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
Natalie Zea -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
Walter Kaufmann
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Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
Valerie Plame -
Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're willing to do that, you're never going to get the bigger rewards.
Oleg Cassini -
Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The causes and severity of NSA infractions vary widely. One in 10 incidents is attributed to a typographical error in which an analyst enters an incorrect query and retrieves data about U.S phone calls or emails.
Barton Gellman -
The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
Aaron Allston -
I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
Wally Schirra
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I don't have a lot of shame. That doesn't mean I can't feel bad about the way someone reacts to me or about something I read about myself online. But I don't have a lot of guilt, no. I've always been this way. I'm missing a chip.
Chelsea Handler -
I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.
Diego Maradona -
A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.
Aristotle -
I've been hyper-conscious about staying away from rubbish. I don't eat white bread, white rice or cereal unless it's porridge.
Fleur East -
I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
Ira Glass -
Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.
David Douglass