Nicholas Negroponte Quotes
The ability to make big leaps of thought is a common denominator among the originators of breakthrough ideas.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
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People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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With the scale of our traffic, content library and monetization ability, we are confident to see profitable growth in the future.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2.
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My eyes are too small, and they're too close together, and I have a pointy nose. But who cares? Who cares?!
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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You are all over the map, figure out the top 5 things you want to focus on and get rid of the rest.
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Nothing beats a great smile.
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I tell patients that tranquilizers alone never cure anyone. They merely reduce the intensity of the symptoms and make life slightly more endurable. They create a better behaved, chronic dependent person. Only with orthomolecular treatment can the majority of schizophrenic patients hope to become well and normally independent.
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Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.
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Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread – these are two lows of nature. If you don’t let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood! I am utterly convinced of this.
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The ability to make big leaps of thought is a common denominator among the originators of breakthrough ideas.
