James Gleick Quotes
Every new medium transforms the nature of human thought. In the long run, history is the story of information becoming aware of itself.
Quotes to Explore
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
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I actually like football a great deal.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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I have a lot of Republican friends.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.
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I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.
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I'm old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was still new. Also, it hadn't been that long since most people who caught pneumonia died from it. These medical breakthroughs were practically miracles.
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I decided if it was going to be a mistake to come to New York and try and make a career in fashion, then it was going to be my mistake... But the American dream is real. I'm living it.
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Every new medium transforms the nature of human thought. In the long run, history is the story of information becoming aware of itself.
