David Pogue Quotes
For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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I started out in a professional choir at 13 years old. We traveled to different places, and I had a close relationship with the leaders of our choir. We were recording when I was 15, so it wasn't like I had to wait until 25 to find out certain things.
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I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
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And some win peace who spend The skill of words to sweeten despair Of finding consolation where Life has but one dark end.
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With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy.
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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
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If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.
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Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let his heart be true and unflinching, let his life be pure, and, if we add to these humility, he is protected against a multitude of weaknesses and can resist a host of temptations. We all have our weaknesses; God has permitted them that we might be taught humility in ourselves and charity towards others.
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For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.
