Paul Virilio Quotes
Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, ut more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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Put simply, the doctrine of 'Fair Use' applies to content republished from copyrightable material and how much of that content is, literally, fair to use.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is monetized these days, whether it's the news or whether it's sports, and we think online dating is going to evolve in the exact same way.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.
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The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
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There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
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We created about 300 ambassadors for us, ... It's free advertising, and we're getting some great feedback from them.
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We are all afraid of the truth.
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Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, ut more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace.
