William Gibson Quotes
If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is. But it's not. And it's not.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.
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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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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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The techniques of being an Internet visionary are just like those of lower-tech fortunetellers through the ages. A technological visionary must tell people what they want to hear, because your company's stock won't rise if you spout an unpopular vision to analysts.
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I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
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I spent the first 22 years of my life absorbing everything, like a big disgusting cell, and now I'm disgorging it with jokes added out into the world. That's a really gross metaphor.
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Voting in our country has never been easy, and unfortunately, it has never been guaranteed for everyone. But through the work of brave civil rights leaders, some of whom died for the cause, by the early 2000s we were at a point where most, but still not all, people who wanted to vote could do so.
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It’s really sad the fact that I even have to answers these questions. The fact that I have to feel as if I have to prove myself because every single part of me is being questioned. Just because I feel there’s a lot of ignorance when it comes to Afro-Latinos.
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I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.
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In looking at these pots at the Field Museum, Alix MacKenzie and I both came to a conclusion individually but also collectively that the pots that really interested us were the pots that people had used in their everyday life, and we began to think - I mean, whether it was ancient Greece or Africa or Europe or wherever, the pots that people had used in their homes were the ones that excited us.
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If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is. But it's not. And it's not.
