Jaron Lanier Quotes
Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.
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Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, 'We want our country back!' Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path of Greece, we will not go quietly into the night.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
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The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
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What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
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I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible.
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Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.
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What can you or I do? Alone, almost nothing. Yet one person - you alone - can make the difference. . . . The failure of just one person to join, to participate, to do whatever he or she can - your failure or my failure - may mean that there is just one too few to win the fight for sanity, and so leave the world on the road to destruction. Each of us, all of us, must do what we can.
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My mother liked to command me to do things I found scary. I always wanted to stay home and read. My mother only ever wanted me to get away.
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People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.
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Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone.
