Baratunde Thurston Quotes
College is a safe space where it can be hard to truly fail. The institution is rooting for you because your failure makes them look bad, too. New York City has no such mandate. I've had to hone and sharpen and refine my work here at a pace which may not have happened in other cities.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
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In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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People say, 'Wow, you've achieved it all this year: two world championship wins and an Olympic gold medal.' And I think, 'Yeah, but how come I feel so unsatisfied and under pressure all over again?'
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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The Internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It's fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don't care to hear it.
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I think Milly Shapiro is a genius. She's just a fantastic person and a fantastic actress.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
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There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that.
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College is a safe space where it can be hard to truly fail. The institution is rooting for you because your failure makes them look bad, too. New York City has no such mandate. I've had to hone and sharpen and refine my work here at a pace which may not have happened in other cities.
