Michael Palmer Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.
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I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and say anything.
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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
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It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
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There's a high head count on 'Homeland.'
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Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.
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People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
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I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.
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When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.
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When I first watched 'Coraline,' I thought, 'If that ever got adapted...' If it was done by real actors, I think that would be a really fun thing to do, just because it's a kind of whole new universe.
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Whenever I discuss my family, I inevitably think of my brother Owen.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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I will keep working hard!
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You must have me confused with myself
