John Perry Barlow Quotes
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods.
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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I do suspect that this world is hell.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
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If you gave me an hour in the day between '09 and '14, I could have told you exactly where I was and what I was doing.
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When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - its beyond belief.
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I wouldn't change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.
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I'd rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong.
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I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods.
