George Packer Quotes
The next great technology revolution might be around the corner, but it won't automatically improve most people's lives. That will depend on politics, which is indeed ugly but also inescapable.
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A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.
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I eat healthy and don't go by a diet chart. The breakfast is usually heavy, complemented with short frequent meals. My dinner is high on proteins and low on carbohydrates.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.
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When you breast feed your child, that breast milk that nature starts us out on has almost the same percentage of polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated fat as butter. So nature clearly wanted us to have a high fat diet.
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I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.
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The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.
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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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The next great technology revolution might be around the corner, but it won't automatically improve most people's lives. That will depend on politics, which is indeed ugly but also inescapable.
