Ellen Ullman Quotes
'We build our computers the way we build our cities-over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.'
Ellen Ullman
Quotes to Explore
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I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the right time and have made critical contributions to how I see the world and how I see myself.
Mahershala Ali
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I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.
Hannah Kent
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
Nathaniel Philbrick
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
P. J. O'Rourke
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The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.
Taylor Swift
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Karl A. Menninger
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
C. L. R. James
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If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We speak continually of saving time, but time in its richness is most often lost to us when we are busy without relief.
David Whyte
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
Felicity Kendal
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'We build our computers the way we build our cities-over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.'
Ellen Ullman