Bruce Sterling Quotes
"Story-tellers" should listen seriously to design and architecture without getting all literary and imperial about that. Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry.
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I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out money on their education loans. If the economy is looking for a new generation of home-buyers, I can't imagine they'll get it from these folks.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.
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I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.
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I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
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You just have to work super hard, and if you have a passion, that's the most beautiful thing in life, and you just have to bust out and do it, baby!
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I am not a cynic.
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I'm an unbelievable designer.
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The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.
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Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is with ourselves if we're ever going to be at peace with each other...the good that flows from it will shape our societies in an unprogrammed, unforeseen way, under the control of no single group of people or set of ideas.
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It's not so much about form versus functionality. Rather, it's about doing both and doing them a lot and doing them well-and that's how we should be talking about architecture.
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"Story-tellers" should listen seriously to design and architecture without getting all literary and imperial about that. Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry.
