Joe Gebbia Quotes
For me, one of my personal inspirations was designers in the mid-20th century named Charles and Ray Eames.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.
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Remember: You are the common denominator in all your relationship problems. Wherever you go, your pesky repeated issues go - until you shed a blazing light of insight upon them.
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That's what technology does to you - makes you lazy but allows you to innovate.
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Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.
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I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.
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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
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A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that.
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In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective.
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Actors usually tend to gravitate towards the evil things that stretch them.
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What is divinity if it can comeOnly in silent shadows and in dreams?
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The science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen.
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Obviously, people who commit crimes should be punished. Even people who steal socks and 'Snow White' videos should probably do time if they have priors, especially serious priors. But the punishment has to fit the crime, and the standard has to be the same for everyone.
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I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of politically correct big brother assault on smoking.
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My one wish for humanity is that everyone can become the person they were meant to be - what are the barriers to that? Often it's crushing poverty or certain circumstances.
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Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm for liberty.
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People keep repeating that the main things are love and compassion. Certainly love and compassion are the main things, but it takes knowledge to make love and compassion fruitful. ... It takes just a second to say 'love'. But to acquire knowledge for the well-being and blessing of humanity requires an eternity.
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The world is ever new to me; like an old friend loved through this and former lives, the acquaintance between us is both long and deep.
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Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.
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For me, one of my personal inspirations was designers in the mid-20th century named Charles and Ray Eames.
