Walter Isaacson Quotes
I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I am myself of a mixed background.
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When I first met Big, we were both at a 'Bad Boy' family photo shoot. I was kind of familiar with the name Biggie Smalls, but I really wasn't that much into hip-hop at the time, so I really didn't know that was him. He said he didn't even know I was an artist on 'Bad Boy.'
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
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Everything I say is true.
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People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.
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I can be shy, but I'm not shy with my body. Everyone is naked under their clothes - so what?
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If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk.
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Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
