Matthew Ashford Quotes
It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with.
Quotes to Explore
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and millions of little digital bursts transferring billions of dollars all over the globe in the blink of an eye.
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Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do.
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You can work really hard and well on something, and someone you respect might hate it; worse, they're not empirically wrong for doing so. This is scary, especially for people who haven't been published.
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Until then, the four companies will continue their work.
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It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An Amex phone representative said this is a feature, not a bug, which makes sure my bills are paid.
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It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with.
