William Gibson Quotes
Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the dark, using a flashlight when you pour the boiling water.William Gibson
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
Barnaby C. Keeney -
The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
Daniel Berrigan -
I think when you see 'Ridiculous Six,' the show speaks for itself in terms of its treatment of American Indians.
Ted Sarandos -
The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question.
Park Chan-wook -
This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
Vince Gill -
The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
Hamza Yusuf
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
E. W. Howe -
I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
Gary McCord -
Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
Taylor Swift -
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
Ian Thorpe -
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
Parker Stevenson -
In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
Gary Cooper
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We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
Irwin Winkler -
I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.
Samantha Stosur -
Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
Umberto Eco -
Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
Ramana Maharshi -
I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've been doing it physically - it's hard labour - throughout my life.
Yayoi Kusama
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I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.
Larry Craig -
Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. But if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.
Scilla Elworthy -
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
Carl Sandburg -
It's the same reason why someone has a Web page or why people feel comfortable going on reality TV.
Charlene Li -
A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
Joseph Stalin -
Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the dark, using a flashlight when you pour the boiling water.
William Gibson