James Gleick Quotes
The word 'code' turns out to be a really important word for my book, 'The Information.' The genetic code is just one example. We talk now about coders, coding. Computer guys are coders. The stuff they write is code.
Quotes to Explore
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
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I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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Managers used to say, 'I have a gut feeling.' Do you know what a gut feeling is for a professional manager? It's a pattern that they recognize. But if your system can recognize that pattern, if it's not just a couple of managers who know that pattern, then the system's gut feeling can tell you which way to go. That's really liberating.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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Kaepernick's protest has been very successful. I really appreciate the fact that he's been giving away money to organisations; he pledged to give away a million dollars, and he's been doing it.
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Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-olds don't have a 70-year-old's dollars.
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You teach your kids about your beliefs and tell them what you think is right and the conclusions that you've come to from living in the world, and then they can make their own decisions.
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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Music changes so fast, and we're in a singles market.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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I want to be on a show that's as good as the one we're doing and that we get to make for many years.
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We're in Sarah Palin's 'targeted' list, but the thing is that the way she has it depicted, we're in the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they've got to realize that there are consequences to that action.
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When I was a child, there were not that many vaccines. I was vaccinated for polio. I actually got measles as a child. I got pertussis, whooping cough. I remember that very well.
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Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums.
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If I ever thought I wasn't the right guy for the job, I'd be the first person to fire myself.
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The word 'code' turns out to be a really important word for my book, 'The Information.' The genetic code is just one example. We talk now about coders, coding. Computer guys are coders. The stuff they write is code.
