Brian Eno Quotes
The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.
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We don't really watch basketball in Australia.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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Between now and then and I just felt it was ready and it was a long enough period gone by. I obviously didn't want to hurt anybody, you know. It was done out of a genuine memorial or tribute whatever you want to call it.
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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
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As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer along to recite the 'Iliad' while playing a lyre.
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I've lived a charmed life. I married the only girl I ever loved and did the only job I ever loved.
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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
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HeyHey is my favourite app. It's like Instagram but for sound recordings, with little soundbites from people's days. We spend far too much time looking down at our phones, so it's nice to have your head up while you listen to what other people have uploaded.
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There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
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A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.
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My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.
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There is no clear sign that the economy is turning the corner in a meaningful way.
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I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.
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I'm drawn to kids that are already born. I think some people are meant to do certain things, and I believe I'm meant to find my children in the world somewhere and not necessarily have them genetically.
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Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
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The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.
