John Perry Barlow Quotes
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Quotes to Explore
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'Jurassic Park' and 'Star Wars' shoved me into loving sci-fi and film in general when I was a barely coherent 3-year-old. And 'Lord of the Rings' took me to another planet entirely. Before that series, I knew I loved writing, but after, I knew that I had to write.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.
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Nitric oxide was known for destroying things.
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My most noticeable physical trait is, hands down, my hair. It's big, unruly and curly, and you can spot it from a mile away... literally.
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'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality.
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The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.
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I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest D.C. I was essentially raised by a Panamanian man and a Jamaican woman. That's why I have such a fascination with Jamaican food.
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'Steve Jobs' is my seventh movie. I believe, if you added them up, I don't think there is more than a total of 10 minutes that takes place in a person's home. They're all in offices, courtrooms, laboratories, things like that.
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If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.
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Look at a map of the world: the countries which do not trade much, or which trade only in oil and gas, tend to be in regions which suffer the most social and political instability.
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I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so long as her Adam flourishes. Whatever serpent shall tempt her to go astray etc will only cause her husband to rule more strictly over her.
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God made the integers, man made the rest.
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I would one day discover the principles of opening your own restaurant were pretty much the same: take care to create an excellent, consistent menu and treat your customers well.
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Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
