William Gibson Quotes
I'm a really good eavesdropper. I listen to what people say and remember all the buzzwords.
Quotes to Explore
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Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal - especially in an endeavor that is as relationship-driven as business.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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We human beings are humane in part because we can look beyond our biology.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
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I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
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I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times, and I just go, 'Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that.'
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort.
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Without the help of the people our exertions would be as nothing.
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I just don't see the point in sitting around hollering the blues over things you have no control over. It's all in God's hands.
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Enthusiasm for the universe, in knowing as well as in creating, also answers the question of doubt and meaninglessness. Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. And meaninglessness is no threat so long as enthusiasm for the universe and for man as its center is alive.
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I'm a really good eavesdropper. I listen to what people say and remember all the buzzwords.
