Jason Silva Quotes
Technology is the means by which we have decommissioned natural selection and are seizing control. We are no longer to be victims of some blind evolutionary process where sentient beings are massacred by entropy.
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Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
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I'm very drawn to the human condition and the emotional aspects of stories. It's what's not on the page that I get excited about.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me.
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When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.
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I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.
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In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed.
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Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.
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Citadel is a global technology leader, recognized for its work to level the playing field for investors and make markets more fair, transparent and efficient. I look forward to leading this exemplary team as we grow this global business.
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The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; not those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time and pray.
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The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.
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Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report in the paper. When that happens, we will address it honestly and openly and try to deal with it as quickly and as fairly as we can, and keep moving the city forward.
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Technology is the means by which we have decommissioned natural selection and are seizing control. We are no longer to be victims of some blind evolutionary process where sentient beings are massacred by entropy.
