James Gleick Quotes
In the 1920s, a generation before the coming of solid-state electronics, one could look at the circuits and see how the electron stream flowed. Radios had valves, as though electricity were a fluid to be diverted by plumbing. With the click of the knob came a significant hiss and hum, just at the edge of audibility.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
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Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
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I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
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I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.
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We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
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In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.
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Every girl likes to just rock out when they put music on in their room - I learned that personally when fans would tell us how much they loved to make up their own dances to Cheetah Girls songs.
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I really like 'The Three Kings' DVD. I love that movie and all the extra footage and documentaries.
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The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?
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We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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A house sold by A to B does not wander from one place to another, although it circulates as a commodity.
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One of the stories that really impressed me was 'Anna Karenina.' As a novel, that made an impression on me, showing me what the novel can do.
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I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.
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I'm very keen on the family getting together around the table because you learn so much of what's going on. With a full tummy, they begin to talk to you. People now have busy lives, but once or twice a week, it's lovely to sit all around together.
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I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb.
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In the 1920s, a generation before the coming of solid-state electronics, one could look at the circuits and see how the electron stream flowed. Radios had valves, as though electricity were a fluid to be diverted by plumbing. With the click of the knob came a significant hiss and hum, just at the edge of audibility.
