Walt Mossberg Quotes
Who have I picked fights with over the years? Bill Gates. Google. Mark Zuckerberg. Even - despite everything that's written about my relationship with Steve Jobs - we had yelling matches.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Students are very gullible about the web. The only way you can really sort out information on the web is if you've had a prior training in book culture.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs.
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No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.
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The Go Red for Women campaign raises awareness of the risk of heart disease. I think a lot of people don't realize that heart disease is the number one killer of women. So what we're doing is encouraging women to tell five other women to learn more about heart disease and how they can prevent it.
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Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.
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I'm really a pacifist.
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Who have I picked fights with over the years? Bill Gates. Google. Mark Zuckerberg. Even - despite everything that's written about my relationship with Steve Jobs - we had yelling matches.
