William Gibson Quotes
Addictions [...] started out like magical pets, pocket monsters. They did extraordinary tricks, showed you things you hadn't seen, were fun. But came, through some gradual dire alchemy, to make decisions for you. Eventually, they were making your most crucial life-decisions. And they were [...] less intelligent than goldfish.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.
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Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you need to be aware that you need to keep learning.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.
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My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I grew up in a joint family of 60 people with one kitchen. So I am a firm believer in the family concept.
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I'm not an ambitious person, there is no ambition in my life. I have a mission in my life. And my mission is to serve my country. And when I am working for my state, it means I am working for my country, or my nation.
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No matter where I travel, I make sure to carry a Vaseline body lotion with me to keep my skin well moisturised all the time.
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We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.
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As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
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Spencer's god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American.
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The wise traveler is he who is perpetually surprised.
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We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
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As a geographic location, Greece offers the best bases in the NATO Alliance from which to operate in the trouble spots of the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Addictions [...] started out like magical pets, pocket monsters. They did extraordinary tricks, showed you things you hadn't seen, were fun. But came, through some gradual dire alchemy, to make decisions for you. Eventually, they were making your most crucial life-decisions. And they were [...] less intelligent than goldfish.
