Michelle Gagnon Quotes
I was really fascinated by some of the things happening with Anonymous, the hackers group. I don't necessarily agree with everything they've done, but I thought it was a really interesting use of technology and the fact that there's a whole group of people who can take over systems and fight things from behind the scenes.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
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Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.
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I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
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And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.
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I am a five-foot six-inch, dark, ordinary-looking man. People didn't imagine that I would make it.
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Social media is reducing social barriers. It connects people on the strength of human values, not identities.
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I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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We do not want to make Scout training too soft.
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I was really fascinated by some of the things happening with Anonymous, the hackers group. I don't necessarily agree with everything they've done, but I thought it was a really interesting use of technology and the fact that there's a whole group of people who can take over systems and fight things from behind the scenes.
