William Gaddis Quotes
I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.William Gaddis
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I don't blame other people for the rap that Christians have. A lot of Christians are just mental. A lot of Christians are more concerned with telling you where you're gonna go when you die than what you can have while you're here.
Yvette Nicole Brown -
Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
Yelawolf -
I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
Yami Gautam -
I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
Sam Heughan -
I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
E. L. Doctorow -
It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
Candice Swanepoel
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I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.
Iain Banks -
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
Hank Azaria -
We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
Hansie Cronje -
You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
Paloma Faith -
Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
Imran Amed -
Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
Rand Paul
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
Queen Latifah -
Fame is a very strange animal.
Adam Lambert -
For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
Adam Duritz Matt Malley -
Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
Orhan Pamuk -
When it comes to meetings and preparing for that, it doesn't matter if it's a meeting with the U.N.; with a large operator, CEO, or chairman; or if I have an internal meeting - in all cases, I know that the energy and the engagement in every discussion is extremely important.
Hans Vestberg -
When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.
Edmund Hillary
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The Louvre for me is a wonderful experience. Because it continues; it didn't get cut off. It was actually a continuous involvement all the way, and a lot of people have come and gone, come and gone; but I'm still here.
I. M. Pei -
I briefly thought of becoming a priest but quickly saw that would be ridiculous.
Armando Iannucci -
It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.
Ian Anderson -
When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be the baritone sax player in the Little Richard band.
David Bowie -
I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.
William Gaddis