William Gibson Quotes
The future is there," Cayce hears herself say, "looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become. And from where they are, the past behind us will look nothing at all like the past we imagine behind us now.
Quotes to Explore
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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I was a tomboy.
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I always struggle auditioning, actually, because I'm so obsessed with era-appropriate clothing.
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The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.
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There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.
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Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.
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I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man.
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I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.
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Nobody wants to be losing, especially in New York. It's extremely tough. That's how it is.
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They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first overturned and perverted, tricked by those same devils who were secretly mocking them in the very acts by which they amused themselves in mocking and making fools of others.
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There are lots of other things that affect state growth besides state taxes. However, the reason I look at taxes is because these are policy variables that can be changed by state governments in order to get better results than they otherwise had.
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The future is there," Cayce hears herself say, "looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become. And from where they are, the past behind us will look nothing at all like the past we imagine behind us now.
