Ernest Cline Quotes
I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
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A soulmate is someone who you could spend a great deal of time with just sitting on a sofa and feel happy. You don't need fanfare. You don't need to go out to expensive restaurants.
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I've got nothing to be ashamed of.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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I am an Apple guy. I got the iPhone 4 the day it came out. I have a MacBook.
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For me, 30 days, it's already pretty good for ribeye or sirloin on the bone. I like my meat grass-fed and juicy. The French never age their meat more than two or three weeks.
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It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.
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You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?
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Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.
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Now, if the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.
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When we're recording, I always dress up.
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The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of machinery for making laws and carrying on government.
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Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
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Over the last 25 years, since a lot of science writing became accessible to layman, I've become quite a consumer of science. As a child, I wasn't streamed into science, and I regret that now.
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One of the amazing things about September 11 is that we lacked the imagination to connect the dots and foresee it.
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If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
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In many ways, 'What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World' is just one big thank-you note to my teachers. The book is dedicated to my fifth and sixth grade English teacher, Dr. Joseph D'Angelo, a massive force of erudition, martial artistry, culture, and love.
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I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.
