Jaron Lanier Quotes
People try to treat technology as an object, and it can't be. It can only be a channel.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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I'm not great at talking about myself.
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Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets.
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Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them.
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Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.
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I admire people who overcome obstacles or who have to commit - I've always really admired commitment, whether it be a commitment to living or a commitment to love. People who commit to a moment. People who are not somewhere else, but in the room with you.
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People try to treat technology as an object, and it can't be. It can only be a channel.
