Esther Dyson Quotes
It's not that you have jobs on the Internet, but the Internet makes it possible for more people to build their own jobs. What it does is, it erodes the power of institutions. It used to be you needed an institution to have a job. But, if you look at the three of us on this show, I don't think any of us is really employed by an institution. We run our own lives.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.
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I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light.
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Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.
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God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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In New York, the former lack of real competition allowed taxis to extract excessive charges, regardless of the poor service.
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Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.
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There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
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The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.
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I try to stay real with my thoughts and the things that I go through in life. I like being free.
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I didn't want to escape my life and become a big actress and live my dreams. That was never the way it was; it was just these amazing opportunities that happened.
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What worries me is that, because of the amount of media coverage of food, Britain seems to have become a foodie nation - but I'm not sure it actually has. I'm not sure there's been a huge change in the pantry at home or what we cook for supper.
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My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.
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When I write a book, I don't have an idea of what I'm doing. I just go where it leads.
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Establish who you are, and don't let anybody dress you up or change the way you are, and stay true to yourself.
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These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.
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The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.
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The kindest compliments I have ever heard are when cops tell me Training Day and Assault on Precinct 13 inspired them to become cops. The funniest compliments I have ever heard are when people tell me that 'I love your band Sugar Ray.
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I was never pretty, never really popular. I was lanky and funny looking.
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It's not that you have jobs on the Internet, but the Internet makes it possible for more people to build their own jobs. What it does is, it erodes the power of institutions. It used to be you needed an institution to have a job. But, if you look at the three of us on this show, I don't think any of us is really employed by an institution. We run our own lives.
