James Gleick Quotes
One measure of twentieth-century time is the supersonic three and three-quarter hours it takes the Concorde to fly from New York to Paris, gate to gate. Other measures come with the waits on the expressways and the runways.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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Yashpal, writing in the nineteen-fifties, sought to indict this culture of men, Hindus and Muslims alike, who value their freedom and power over the rights and lives of women.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy.
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I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
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It is less than four years since cohomological methods (i.e. methods of Homological Algebra) were introduced into Algebraic Geometry in Serre's fundamental paper
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Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
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I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time.
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One measure of twentieth-century time is the supersonic three and three-quarter hours it takes the Concorde to fly from New York to Paris, gate to gate. Other measures come with the waits on the expressways and the runways.
