Norton Juster Quotes
The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
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It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.
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The world is full of opportunities - every day there's something new that you can do. For example, you could make dirty water potable. Why does anyone not have potable water? Because it's a problem that hasn't been solved yet, but it can be.
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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I know people who have gone into career death spins, and that's something you're always aware of as a writer.
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When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.
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I have lots of micro-goals of trying to get things done, whatever the amount of time available.
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I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.
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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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If President Trump were to say, 'I'm going to go to San Juan to see that nasty mayor,' I would receive him with open arms because democracy is larger than me.
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To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.
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I'm a film maker who started on the Atari and then went onto the Commodore 64 and the Amiga. So I possibly have a different sensibility to people who didn't play games growing up.
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That's one of my focuses, is to increase my flexibility and strength and have greater range of motion.
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Traditionally, diplomacy was done in an environment of information scarcity. Ambassadors would send back telegrams to foreign ministries, comfortable in the knowledge that their views of a country would be the only source of information the minister would see.
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I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person.
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That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to /trigger/ political intervention. And there were such attempts.
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I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.
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I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.
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We're all concerned about sustainable energy. If we could recycle waste heat to generate energy, we could use it for something useful.
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I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
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You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.
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The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.
