John Gilmore Quotes
The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
John Gilmore
Quotes to Explore
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Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer; there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.
Carl Sagan
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There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do then they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.
Madeleine Albright
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Procul omen abesto!
Ovid
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Suave mari magno turbantibus aequora ventise terra magnum alterius spectare laborem;non quia vexari quemquamst jucunda voluptas,sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.
Lucretius
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The clock of doom had struck as fated;the poet, without a sound,let fall his pistol on the ground.
Alexander Pushkin
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I always tend to write about outsiders. And what's been fun for me is, as I travel around and visit schools, is that other kids that feel the same way relate to some of my characters, and so I hope in some way that's helping them when they want to read about somebody that they can relate to.
Kimberly Willis Holt
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We want a world with both historians and novelists, don't we? Not with one or the other. Every fiction writer crosses the line that divides artistry and documentation - or erases it.
Alan Cheuse
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Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.
Amity Shlaes
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In the late 1960s, Ontario Airport was a throwback to a bygone era. Located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the airport served only two carriers, Western and Bonanza. Passengers could catch regional flights to San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Phoenix and Los Angeles, and that was about it.
Annie Jacobsen
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I was 18, at art school, and saw this cute boy playing banjo. I was obsessed. I taught myself how to play. I listened to a lot of country and just messed around. The second song I wrote on the banjo was 'Good to Be a Man.' That what's got me signed.
Elle King
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I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down.
Keeley Hawes
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The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
John Gilmore