Walt Mossberg Quotes
Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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There's no way to understand housing as it exists today without federal policy.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
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I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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The point is to stumble upon things in your life, and not plan them out.
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I'm only just learning what language to use when I want my microphone turned down, you know, because it's all so new to me. It can be quite difficult on a daily basis to communicate with the people I work with, so I'm just looking forward to knowing more.
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We all survive more than we think we can.
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The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property.
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I don't even own a TV because I think it's the devil.
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Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
