Dan Farmer Quotes
People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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I respect Marvel as a company, and I think they're great, but never in my life have I looked up to being a superhero.
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I think my blog is fairly circumspect and elliptical. I've written personal essays, but they are short and to the point: in and out, and that's that.
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The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.
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Hopefully standup will become special again.
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I have been lucky enough to work with the world's best designers and top stylists - who have been my mentors.
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I go to third grade, and I'm scared to death. I'm just 6 years old, and the kids are so much bigger than me.
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When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it.
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Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.
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People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.
