Dan Kaminsky Quotes
Software tends not to kill people, and so we accept incredibly fast innovation loops because the consequences are tolerable and the results are astonishing.
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Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
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I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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The reader is going to imprint on the characters he sees first. He is going to expect to see these people often, to have them figure largely into the story, possibly to care about them. Usually, this will be the protagonist.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
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South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
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More exposure has give to me more discipline because I am seeing that more people are wanting to observe what I am making/filming/singing; this does motivate me to make videos for every week.
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I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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I'm part of the generation that grew up with great rappers like 2Pac and Biggie and people like Amy Winehouse. We've seen a lot of different artists come and go. Even people who are still here, they seem consumed and blinded by fame. It may not have taken them out physically, but they have been taken out.
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We need wilderness preserved-as much of it as is still left, and as many kinds-because it was the challenge against which our character as a people was formed.
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We're always in that head space about the audience and less about us at that moment.
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Software tends not to kill people, and so we accept incredibly fast innovation loops because the consequences are tolerable and the results are astonishing.
