William Gibson Quotes
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.
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My partner has to have good sized bones.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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I never met a kid I liked.
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Usually, when you are an ethnic person or a trans person, in your average, everyday, unsophisticated television show, you are there for that reason. And they clearly justify and overexplain why. You very rarely see a transgender actor playing the part of a grocery-store clerk without having to say, 'Oh, look at that trans person.'
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On 'Chatroom,' everyone was so nice, and we had a really great time together; we were around the same age and got on really well.
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Like so many women, especially military women, I waited to have children.
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I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation.
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People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother.
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Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.
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We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
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I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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Had a buddy of mine caught a rainbow trout, and threw it back. He said he didn't want a gay fish.
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Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.
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The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.
