William Gibson Quotes
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The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
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I don't want to become known as just a body.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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Too many actors get on an ego trip and won't do commercials, so they sit around for 20 years between jobs.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that's how good we were.
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I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is my favorite show, going back to when I was 4. I've watched every episode I don't know how many times. It was something to watch women being funny when I was young.
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The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.
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I really liked it best when I was a nobody.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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I need instant gratification.
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Stand high long enough and your lightning will come.
