Esther Dyson Quotes
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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I've always enjoyed poor health.
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China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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The walls of the Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary were ruined stucco chipping away from the brick underneath, with ghostly frescoes, concrete-filled niches, and one complete, vivid crucifix painted over the altar.
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The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don't know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up.
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It might be quite boring if you did something and thought it was perfect.
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If I go back to the beginning, I could start it over again. I could go line by line; try and find a shorter way. I could try to make it... better.
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I write a melody and then change it and change it until I get it the way I like it.
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Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.
