John Aubrey Quotes
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Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.
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Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.
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The thing that makes writing so difficult is you don't have the element of serendipity. At least with a photograph, you can set up the camera, and something might happen. You might be a lousy photographer, but you can get a good picture if you just take enough of them.
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I write in the studio.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.
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I spill it out as fast as I can. I don't really edit. In Brazil, recently, I wrote 70 pages. In London, 80 pages.
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I can still take the hits; it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer.
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Ever since 'Star Wars,' there was a rash of how a movie was made. I remember that as a kid. I never really understood how movies were made until that movie, because it was such a technical accomplishment. Since then, you've seen more and more and more, for all different kinds of films, about what goes into the process.
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Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.
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Bruce Rauner needs to lead, and until he does, we must fight to hold him accountable.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the ears of the audience, then took the measurements back to MIT and analyzed them.
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The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together.
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I watch 'House of Cards,' which was great. I don't watch a lot. I spend so much time doing it.
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We don't argue if drug companies create drugs that can cure humans and charge lots of money for them, even though we all have these diseases. It will be pretty hard to make a different argument for genes.
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Sciatica: he cured it, by boyling his buttock.
