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've always had a love for horses since I was really young. When I was 5 years old, the only thing that made me happy was when they'd take me out and give me pony rides.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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We were all so different, temperamentally from one another, it's impossible to believe that we were together for so long. The cast and crew. How could we be more different from one another? It's difficult to imagine. But something lovely came of it.
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Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.
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I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.
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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.
