James Gleick Quotes
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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At the lowest cognitive level, they are processes of experiencing, or, to speak more generally, processes of intuiting that grasp the object in the original.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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As leaders, we become whole when we see that our focused, singular commitment to making the numbers and the metrics cannot be effective on its own, but only when it is part of the whole picture - only when we see that it takes more than metrics to make up the whole.
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Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.
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Most of the time I don't force records. I'm not one of these guys that put records out every nine, 10 months. I'm pretty long between records. I've only had a few in my career. I kind of wait until I feel I have really strong songs. I don't know if they're going to change the world or not, but I dig 'em, and if I dig 'em we make a record.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one emerge.
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I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.
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We choose mania over boredom every time.
