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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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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They never fail who dieIn a great cause.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.
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Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!
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You could either be trapped by what was going on around you, or you could find a way out. I think that everything, even if it is scary or good, comes into our life to help elevate and expand us as human beings.
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The Blue Brain project expects to have a full human-scale simulation of the cerebral cortex by 2018. I think that's a little optimistic, actually, but I do make the case that by 2029 we will have very detailed models and simulations of all the different brain regions.
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Genes themselves are made of bits.
