James Gleick Quotes
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I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
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I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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Starting a new business will take its toll on your time and energy, and this can place strain on family and social relationships, depending on their expectations and how open you are in your communication with them.
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I was reading this book called 'Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind.' It's really, really good if you want to believe in that stuff.
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
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If I'm happy with what I'm putting out and proud of it - that is becoming enough for me. It's testing myself, but I'm ready to do it, whereas I wasn't ready before. Sometimes it's feigned confidence, but if I make a decision, I can do anything.
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The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.
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The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing.
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Haud igitur redit ad nihilum res ulla.
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The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.
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Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.
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Genes themselves are made of bits.
