Steven Johnson (Steven Berlin Johnson) Quotes
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a female or a goat - and everybody can relate to that.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
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Being able to go into Wimbledon and be part of an amazing atmosphere is special.
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I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.
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I started working at age thirteen. I'm a product of public schools, I'm a product of a public university. I started my first company when I was 21. I've subsequently never worked for anybody else. I started that first business when I was still in college.
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The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
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Music companies and buyers are not too encouraging towards independent musicians. Everyone wants to play safe and go with established names, but unless one breaks this routine, no new talent will come and survive.
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When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.
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With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.
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Campaign widowhood totally suited me, and I soon began to suspect that our setup beat the bill-paying and bickering of an actual marriage.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.
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I find a pregnant body to be beautiful and an incredible reminder of what a woman's body is made to do.
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Keep your life so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point.
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I spent a lot of money and time at pizza places. Golf and Stuff in Ventura, right off the 101, was my hangout. Skating Plus, right behind it, always had a good selection of games. That was the place to be when you were from Oxnard back in the '80s.
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Being right keeps you in place, being wrong forces you to explore.
