Douglas Rushkoff Quotes
People are seduced by signals from the world, but that is manipulation, not reality. Computers have learned more about us than we've learned about them.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databases to see did anyone by this name come in the country? When? Do we know anything about it? Where did she stay? Who did she see?
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things that I love to do during the summer. It just seemed like a good plan.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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I'm honored to be one of the guys that is seen as a leader of this great team - a team that has stood the test of time. AKA is one of the only teams that has been around since the beginning of the MMA explosion, and it's a huge honor for me to be named captain.
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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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A lot of times, politicians will go to where their strongest force is and do things for them, and that's the type of thing they do that I find offensive.
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It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.
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People say 'chick lit,' and what they mean is 'crap.' And so even though you might sell 100,000 copies of a book, you're never going to win a prize. These are books that people don't just read, they devour them - they stay up into the early hours because they want to devour them.
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We tried not to be too greedy, and to play smart cricket and take it deep. It sets it up nicely for the group stages.
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People are seduced by signals from the world, but that is manipulation, not reality. Computers have learned more about us than we've learned about them.
