William Gibson Quotes
We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.
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We must not forget that chemical warfare will sooner or later bring in its wake bacteriological warfare, pest propagation, typhus and other serious diseases.
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It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school.
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But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.
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I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.
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As an actor, I'm my own worst critic, but after awhile, really, when you watch 'Moonrise Kingdom', it's such a fantastic film that you sort of get sucked into the story, and then you kind of forget about everything else.
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Malicious attacks on the Soviet Union produce a natural feeling of indignation.
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Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.
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I wash my hair once or twice a week to keep the natural oils.
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All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.
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When kids look at broccoli, they call it 'little trees,' because they see it not just for the word 'broccoli.' They see it for what it looks like, the image. We, as adults, forget to think like that. We forget to think figuratively and have to be reminded.
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We don't spend so much time on the opponent that we forget it's really about us.
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When you get married you forget about kissing other women.
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Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
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Criminals gravitate into government positions like natural law.
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Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.
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Every tech product on the body like Jawbone or in the home like August is different. But there are definitely principles that apply across the board for me, such as integration in everyday life and discretion.
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I bought a perfect second car... a tow truck.
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I get up, I get down All my world turns around Who is right? Who is wrong? I don't knowI've got pain in my heart Got a love in my soul Easy come, but I think Easy goI need you so Although times I move so slow
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Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.
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We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting.
