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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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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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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While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
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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 consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of my city's clandestine corners, its shady, mysterious places, the things I love.
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There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.
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The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
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You know to make his rigid, tedious, boring paintings seem at least a little human, the Mondrian enthusiasts keep insisting that Mondrian was a great tango dancer.
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It was a lot of fun doing 'Felicity.' She had just won the Golden Globe, and she was huge at the time, but she was like the nicest girl ever. As a guest star on a show, you get on the set and you feel out of place, but she was so nice to me and really cool.
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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.
