William Gibson Quotes
"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.
Quotes to Explore
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.
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The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.
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J. J. Abrams is amazing.
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
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I think there's always room for humor, especially when you're talking about really serious issues.
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I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's questions to become comprehensible.
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We want to help further the understanding of the Italian culture and language to those who are interested. We're hoping that these events will spark students' interests in our club and prompt more people to join, along with providing an educational and entertaining experience.
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I wasn't a great student, but I was interested in this theater thing, and I could spend hours in the library researching why the cuffs in the 18th century had four buttons. It was my handle.
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You don't need a reason to forgive... If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.
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"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.
