John Perry Barlow Quotes
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.
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I don't think what I look like is relevant.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to watch the movie and get it. It's one of those things where, over time, it has happened more.
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I'm a novelist from the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations of British Columbia, both small coastal reserves hugging the rugged shores of the west coast.
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Besides being a prime cause of poor economic growth, poor governance breeds corruption, which cripples investment, wastes resources, and diminishes confidence.
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Despereaux did not know it, but he would need, very soon, to be brave himself.
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The values my mother taught me were like, if you're going to do something, don't half-ass it. I remember her literally saying that to me. Like the first time I ever heard the term half-ass was coming from my mother's lips. I was probably 8 or 9. If you're going to do something, go ahead and throw 115 percent at it, and if you get 100 percent back, well, there you go - you're perfect.
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We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.
