William Gibson Quotes
I had a list of things that science fiction, particularly American science fiction, to me seemed to do with tedious regularity. One was to not have strong female protagonists. One was to envision the future, whatever it was, as America.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
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Being evil is easy.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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Blockchain technology isn't just a more efficient way to settle securities. It will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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I think a perfect-color scarf really brings out your whole skin tone, lip color, and everything else.
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If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.
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And if it is true that we acquired our knowledge before our birth, and lost it at the moment of birth, but afterward, by the exercise of our senses upon sensible objects, recover the knowledge which we had once before, I suppose that what we call learning will be the recovery of our own knowledge . . . PLATO
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The old boy network is still too strong in Canadian business. A visit to the Toronto clubs at lunch stands in about as great a contrast to the multicultural, multiracial subway underneath as can be humanly imagined. This is not healthy.
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I had a list of things that science fiction, particularly American science fiction, to me seemed to do with tedious regularity. One was to not have strong female protagonists. One was to envision the future, whatever it was, as America.
