John Battelle Quotes
The smart phone isn't a perfect device, as we all know. It forces the world into a tiny screen. It runs out of battery, bandwidth, and power. It distracts us from the world around us.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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No adultery is bloodless.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
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There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.
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I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.
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I try to relish each of the roles I play in life. If I'm cooking dinner for the kids, I throw on my polka-dotted apron. I might don a smart blazer if I am doing a work presentation. If I play a rock show, there may indeed be glitter and fishnets involved. It's my way of saying, 'Thank you, I am glad to be here.'
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Fur is not luxury: it is an industry of death and suffering.
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I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
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The Sun's magnetic field reverses every 11 years. There have been a quarter of a million reversals since our predecessor, Homo Habilis, emerged, and they haven't killed us yet.
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That's right," said Eeyore. "Sing. Umty-tiddly, umty-too. Here we go gathering Nuts and May. Enjoy yourself." "I am," said Pooh.
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The smart phone isn't a perfect device, as we all know. It forces the world into a tiny screen. It runs out of battery, bandwidth, and power. It distracts us from the world around us.
