Wiley Wiggins Quotes
If I had a job pitching for the Giants, I probably wouldn't be manning my own Twitter account.
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We each take up one virtual space per title... Virtual shelf life is forever. In a bookstore, you have anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to sell your title, and then it gets returned. This is a big waste of money, and no incentive at all for the bookseller to move the book.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.
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I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press. They can change to whatever they want to do at any point. They own this thing. They can do whatever they want.
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The culture means the younger generation respecting the OGs, but at the same time, bringing it all to the older generation to where they can relate.
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There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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I like to do all kinds of films.
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The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.
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[John F. Kennedy] was Arthur, the guy in the middle of the room with all the swords pointed at him. ... He wanted control of the situation.
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I write pretty fast, probably faster than most people. But I might think about something for six hours, then write it in 20 minutes. So did I write for six hours and 20 minutes, or just 20 minutes? I used to write absolutely every day, except for days when I had to travel or something.
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As everyone knows, in my profession we go around screwing each other as much as possible, mostly to see ourselves do it. Narcissists are always making love to number one.
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We’re such contrary creatures
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She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
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When scientific research is increasingly funded by private corporations that have a financial interest in particular outcomes of that research—is the drug effective or not?—scientific objectivity is undermined. When universities are more interested in patent royalties than in the open sharing of scientific information, the public suffers. There are hundreds of important political and economic issues surrounding science and technology. Sociology of science, at its best, has done much to clarify these issues. But sloppy sociology, like sloppy science, is useless or even counterproductive.[
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I'm sure there are some commercial applications for Twitter, but they don't really interest me. I mean, 140 characters? I am really not interested in Ashton Kutcher's daily walks. Not for me.
