Michael Nesmith Quotes
It's clear that people are going to download media files, and they're going to talk to each other, and they're going to exchange information and knowledge and so forth. So this system logic is basically what you bounce off of.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
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During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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I'm quite happy being single.
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It's really difficult seeing your role model or your parent cry.
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Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.
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As long as I'm writing stuff and people are reading it, I'll be happy.
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If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love.
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It's clear that people are going to download media files, and they're going to talk to each other, and they're going to exchange information and knowledge and so forth. So this system logic is basically what you bounce off of.
