William Gibson Quotes
I'd always maintained that much of the anarchy and craziness of the early internet had a lot to do with the fact that governments just hadn't realised it was there.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'
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The press in India, I believe, is more free, and happily so, than perhaps media anywhere in the world. Right? Which is a good thing.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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I can't stand reading anything that I've said.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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What there is no dispute about is whether or not China is a currency manipulator. They are a currency manipulator. They actively intervene every single day to keep the value of their currency less than it would be against the dollar than if it floated freely. We think. Even China barely disputes that.
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So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
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I grew up playing hockey and some football, and I always think about the first time you walk into the locker room on a new team. The cliques are looking at you funny, and you make one friend, but then they're trying to stab you in the back.
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Custom is second nature.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.
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You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet.
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In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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He who obeys the command 'Rejoice in the Lord' has a Hallelujah in his soul every minute of the day and night.
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Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away / You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.
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I'd always maintained that much of the anarchy and craziness of the early internet had a lot to do with the fact that governments just hadn't realised it was there.
