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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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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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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When you a ghetto star, when you a hood star, you gonna take care of your grandmother, your mother. When you on that next level, you gotta take care of the city, the streets.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
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When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.
