Jaron Lanier Quotes
When you have a global mush, people lose their identity, they become pseudonyms, they have no investment and no consequence in what they do.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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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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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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Making music is fantastic.
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My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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When you have a global mush, people lose their identity, they become pseudonyms, they have no investment and no consequence in what they do.
