Simon Van Booy Quotes
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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
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I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
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I'm a huge fan of Eighties music.
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I grew up in Albany Park in Chicago and then went to Lake View High School.
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While I was doing 'The Newsroom,' I always had the news on on different networks on different TVs around my house and around my office.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.
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The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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We've never been as active politically as we have been as artists. But politics always brush up against the arts, oh, about every four years in this country.
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Every moment is the paradox of now or never.
