David M. Brown Quotes
The views of the Earth are really beautiful. If you've ever seen a space IMAX movie, that's really what it looks like. I wish I'd had more time just to sit and look out the window with a map, but our science program kept us very busy in the lab most of the time.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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One of my favorite things about what I do for a living is that there is no certainty that, at any hour of any day, I could get a phone call that could change everything. Good or bad. I never know.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too upsetting for me to write about them. Naturally, I still hope, and wait, wait, wait.
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.
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It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day.
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Man, the '80s were pretty wacky. You had some stuff that was just so rad and some stuff that was just so wrong.
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One of the technology lessons was to work inside the cost envelope of the developing world to lower costs overall. What's even more important and useful is dramatically lowering power consumption. Everyone wants batteries that can last 10 times longer.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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The views of the Earth are really beautiful. If you've ever seen a space IMAX movie, that's really what it looks like. I wish I'd had more time just to sit and look out the window with a map, but our science program kept us very busy in the lab most of the time.
