Harper Reed Quotes
I find that I often forget that people come from all over. In interfaces, products, experiences, and building for people, we always forget that people are not us.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
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Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the first and based on their linkage: these are syntagmatic relations, of which I have spoken.
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A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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The Internet is part of our evolution. The mystics used to say, 'We can travel across the planet in a thought.' Now we really can. We can be connected with a million people at a time.
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I have a massive phobia for schedules and calendars. I need people to tell me where I need to be. I can't bear to see it in black and white. I think it's a fear of being pinned down.
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How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
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The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
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'All stories are true,' Skarpi said. 'But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.' He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. 'More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.'
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Beauty is the maximum limit we can access through language. We cannot reach the truth, but we can get close to it through beauty.
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One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.
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I love my band. I love to play. I love to write.
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Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
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I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.
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It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Whatever mistakes generals and policymakers have made along the way cannot detract from that essential truth - which should be a part of any reliable history.
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I love Lena Dunham. I love, love, love her.
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.
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I find that I often forget that people come from all over. In interfaces, products, experiences, and building for people, we always forget that people are not us.
