William Gibson Quotes
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Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers.
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I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
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Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable.
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We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.
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When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.
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All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to.
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And Michael likes to read a lot. People don't realize that about him but he reads a number of books per week and he's fascinated just about every subject.
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It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
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We take it for granted that we can see at all times of day and night. But there was a time, not all that long ago, in the age before electricity, when night brought total darkness - and with it, a not-so-small amount of terror. We get a sense of this when we go camping or when there's a power outage, and our fear of the darkness is primal.
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Pokemon Go, which involves trying to 'catch' Pikachu or Squirtle or other creatures with your smartphone, is an inherently social experience. You need to be walking around - on the streets, in public places - to catch the Pokemon.
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It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.
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I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don't really say that I'm an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.
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My daughter is one of the associate producers on two shows for Disney. I am really proud of her.
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Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of any reality other than the one into which they were brought up.
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When someone makes a mistake, it's right to underline this type of situation and find the best solution to avoid the same mistake in the future.
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I always want to work.
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'The Graduate' should have won best picture over 'In the Heat of the Night.'
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I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas above my station.
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Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination.
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Cyberspace undeniably reflects some form of geography.
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No blare of trumpets announces a modern crisis. In these matter-of-fact times, a telephone call will do.
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Becoming fully rational is not enough anymore; evidently it can lead to distortions of all the great human possibilities.
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Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
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Cyberspace is where you are when you're on the telephone.
