Jaron Lanier Quotes

Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.

Jaron Lanier

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If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.

Wayne Swan
- People
- Life
- Music
I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.

Laura Dern
- People
- Work
- Think
That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody coughed in the background; we need to take that out' - or somebody hit a bad note. Those are all the best moments.

Jack White The White Stripes
- People
- Bad
- Moments
People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

Sam Taylor-Wood
- People
- Heart
- Love
The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.

Felicity Jones
- People
- Great
- Different
I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.

Hamish Linklater
- People
- Money
- Doubt