Nam June Paik Quotes
Paik (1969) Versatile Color TV Synthesizer, Manifesto, cited in: Edith Decker-Phillips. Paik Video, Barrytown, Limited, 1998. p. 154
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Feeling has as much to say as the words do. You can have the greatest words in the world and if they're not believable, they don't strike a chord and they're not said convincingly, it's not a great song.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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Growing up, I was into 'Power Rangers.'
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Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
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Several hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs live in slums known as refugee camps in Gaza, Judea, and Somalia. Attempts by Israel to rehabilitate and oust them have been defeated by Arab objections. Nor has their fate been any better in Arab states.
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Outcome is simply the final score: Who won the game; what numbers came up in a roll of the dice; how high did a stock go. Outcome is the result, regardless of the method used to achieve it. It is not controllable.
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If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.
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On 'Chatroom,' everyone was so nice, and we had a really great time together; we were around the same age and got on really well.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
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You have to follow and honor that inner voice. I always encouraged the girls to do the same.
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The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.
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I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
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Blue is the color of peace. Water is blue. I like the color blue because it just puts me at peace. The patriotic symbol is blue. I just like blue.
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Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imagined necessities... are the greatest cozenage that men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretenses to break known rules by.
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Marvel books also feed into the smaller publishers and the fact that this is happening in the same month we're launching Ultimate Fantastic Four is no coincidence.
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The purpose of driving traffic to your online business is to get customers. Once a prospect lands on your site, you still have to convert that prospect into a buyer.
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I like 'Harry Potter.' I've seen all of them, I think.
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Paik (1969) Versatile Color TV Synthesizer, Manifesto, cited in: Edith Decker-Phillips. Paik Video, Barrytown, Limited, 1998. p. 154
