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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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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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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My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.
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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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Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand!
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I didn't have any close relationship with him because, although [William Edward Burghardt] DuBois may not have been as egocentric - I don't know - he certainly was not the easiest person to approach. I think, certainly, those of us who were younger sort of respected that in terms of his preoccupation with deep thoughts. So, I made no effort to establish any relationship with him. However, he was in and out then.
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Of course, today at the Karolinska Institute, I am working with some top experts - even some Nobel prize winners. They have the latest news and I have the technique.
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I'm just a low-key guy.
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If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.
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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.
