Esther Dyson Quotes
As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
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I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
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I don't look for anybody to pay for health care for me and my family. That's my responsibility.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.
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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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I don't want to be known as just a 'Dance Moms' competitor. I'd really like to be known for all of Sia's work, too.
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A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.
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If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.
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Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
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Are we on the tail-end of a generation that is enamored with the novelty of these devices and will younger people coming of age be more blasé about them in a healthy way? You look back at the history of any medium and the people who were there when it was developing, whether it was the telegraph or cable television or radio, thought, This is amazing, it's going change everything, or, The human community will finally be able to recognize each other and speak and be one - I mean, some people thought the telegraph or television would usher in world peace.
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We assert-and on the basis of the most recent socialist literature that you cannot deny-that the real history of capitalism is only now beginning, because capitalism is not just a system of oppression; it also represents a choice of value,…
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If the church is to be missionary, she must be spiritual; and if the church is to be spiritual, she must be missionary.
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When any one person or body of men seize into their hands the power in the last resort, there is properly no longer a government, but what Aristotle and his followers call the abuse and corruption of one.
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As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.
