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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I miss my family and friends from Cali a lot. I also miss late-night business hours, hiking in the Sierra Nevada, and house boating in Gold Country. But in Ohio, housing is cheaper, everything is green year-round, and we get glorious thunderstorms. In California, I lived in a place that was infested with black widow spiders.
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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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I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.
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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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'I think it is so glorious,' said the American. 'There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought to want is liberty.'
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There isn't a woman alive who doesn't have problems with her body. Including me!
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After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.
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I juggle a lot of different balls and sometimes I don't know how I manage to keep them all up in the air, but I do!
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Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.
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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.
