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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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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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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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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Each of these dealers not only gives so much of their time and money to a wide variety of causes, but they encourage others in their communities to do the same. Their efforts are inspiring and we are very proud of them.
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Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn't give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.
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Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon.
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Wishy-washy equivocations - and not just on abortion, but on immigration, on civil rights, on income inequality - weaken all of us.
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The worlds of art, philanthropy, and business are absolutely intertwined.
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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.
