James Gleick Quotes
People worry about Twitter. Twitter is banal. It's 140-character messages. By definition, you can hardly say anything profound. On the other hand, we communicate. And, sometimes, we communicate about things that are important.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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I've always just felt a little out of place. I still feel out of place in San Francisco. It's this place where everything is going great, and everyone feels super optimistic about the world. It's a little different about how I grew up.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
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It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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I like 'My So-Called Life' and the 'Riot Grrl Movement' and 'Freaks and Geeks.'
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Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships.
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I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.
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There is a history in all men's lives.
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(In reference to Vermont's Act 60): This is Marxism. It's leveling everything by decimating what works ... It's that vindictive 'We've suffered, and now we're going to take money from your kid and watch you squirm'... There's a minority which is an open target in this country which no one protects, and that's rich people.
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I guess I don't have the cut-throat ambition that some other actresses have. I don't know how good that is for my career, but I know how good that is for me as a person. And to me, that's much more important.
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I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often.
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Music always gets bumped until I have some time to get around to it.
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People worry about Twitter. Twitter is banal. It's 140-character messages. By definition, you can hardly say anything profound. On the other hand, we communicate. And, sometimes, we communicate about things that are important.
