Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.
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It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
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If you deal with information, you need the Internet. If you deal with money, you need to deal with blockchains.
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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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Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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For technology companies, information about what people do online is extremely valuable - it can be used to sell targeted advertising or sold to data clearinghouses.
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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
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I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.
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I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
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Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of 'I know.' Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.
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Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something about it, crafting strong, modern heroes for a modern audience.
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I've learned after so many years in this business that nothing is set in stone until you're on set. I've been told I was the choice for years and never got hired. So I never go there in my mind.
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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
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There are so many books I want to read. Difficult books. That's what I intend to do and what I'm longing for.
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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
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You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good.
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Imagination is actually a form of computation. Imagination gives calculated and instinctive solutions for the future.
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My whole zone is dead. No electricity, no gas, no stores open nearby, but the spirit is there.
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I don't want to please everybody. I'd get a little worried if I did something and everybody was pleased with it.
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As far as my opinion on galleries, I think they are a great thing. I see them as another outlet. I'm sure by now you've figured out that I do my work for everybody to see. That's the whole point.
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Everybody likes compliment.
