Bram Cohen Quotes
Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
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I'm not a control freak.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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In '87, I was about 9 years old, and so at that point I was wearing, like, fluorescent green T-shirts and acid-wash jeans and leg warmers, and my hair was in a ponytail with a scrunchie and I had the teased bangs that were up in a rainbow shape. It was crazy.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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The connection that readers have to 'Rookie' has only meant more and more to me as I get older.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.
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Although my mother didn't necessarily approve of teenage girls wearing heels, she made an exception for me when I was 14 because she didn't want me to be self-conscious about my height - or to slouch.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.
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Soaps are one of the few areas on TV that really embrace older women. In drama, there's this ridiculous invisibility for women between the ages of 40 and 60. Unless you're old enough to play a grandmother, there just aren't the roles.
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I was a super nerd in school.
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I remember playing in Union City, and we had crap games after we finished playing at night. We would go next door to the cab stand where they were playing gin rummy and betting $1,000 a hand.
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Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail.
