William Gibson Quotes
All the speed he took, all the turns he'd taken and the corners he'd cut in Night City, and still he'd see the matrix in his sleep, bright lattices of logic unfolding across that colorless void.
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I love cycling.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I feel that everything I do in my life I can do in a shorter time than most men can. It's the quality, not the quantity.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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War is over if you want it.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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My mum had four kids on her own, so if I had one kid with one nanny and not a full-time job, it would be a joke. And I think the impossible happens when you leave your kids. I've seen so many nannies in the park on their phones, and the kids are running off.
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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once so well-settled that we ceased asking them, are now up for grabs. What should young people be learning? And what sorts of credentials indicate they're ready for the workforce?
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As a science fiction fan, I had always assumed that when computers supplemented our intelligence, it would be because we outsourced some of our memory to them. We would ask questions, and our machines would give oracular - or supremely practical - replies.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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My mother is my best friend.
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There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.
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There are two projects facing each other. There's Marine Le Pen's project of a fractured, closed France. On the other hand, you have my project which is a republican, patriotic project aiming at... reconciling France.
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Some things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.
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All the speed he took, all the turns he'd taken and the corners he'd cut in Night City, and still he'd see the matrix in his sleep, bright lattices of logic unfolding across that colorless void.
