Douglas Rushkoff Quotes
Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices - even a lifestyle brand.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That's not to say that all religious people are lunatics or idiots. It's anything but that.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.
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Look: I don't want to live with a nuclear Iran. I would like to make it uncomfortable for them to seek it.
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I was the first one to say that there could be comfortable, sexy shoes, and it's a big part of our brand.
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Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.
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I've done a lot of pictures that are ensemble, and I've not always liked the people I was working with, but that doesn't make any difference because you do the job, and often it turns out to be a great ensemble even if you didn't particularly really like anybody.
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Here's what my CV usually does not say: I was trained as a teacher. My first job lasted less than 60 days. I was an assistant professor at a good college at Delhi University, but I found it very political, very suffocating. At the age of 23, you're not very tolerant of those things.
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I always try to say, 'If you want to help the environment, try to do just two things. One, use less of your car. Second, separate your garbage.'
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Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices - even a lifestyle brand.
