Ernest Cline Quotes
I noticed in the late 1990s that my friends and I were already nostalgic for the 1980s, and by the turn of the century, VH1's 'I Love the '80s' gave all of us an accelerated nostalgia for our generation.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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I want to see what I look like when I'm old - I'm curious where that's going to take me.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
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I believe in God, but I don't know what it is - if it's a he, she, a he-she, or anything. Who knows what it is. All I know is that I feel like there's something else there.
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Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.
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My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
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Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
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Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.
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When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation's only physical link to the past.
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Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.
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Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.
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People think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It's not very helpful. What's more constructive for our kids is to go on a case-by-case basis, evaluating particular policies.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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When character is lost, rules and punishments cannot take its place.
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Dozens of my own friends and acquaintances--ambitious, educated women who might have turned up their noses at anything domestic had they been born a generation earlier--have blogs dedicated to cupcakes or knitting or vintage home decor.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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I noticed in the late 1990s that my friends and I were already nostalgic for the 1980s, and by the turn of the century, VH1's 'I Love the '80s' gave all of us an accelerated nostalgia for our generation.
