William Mapother Quotes
I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very fortunate.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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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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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny, and had no natural acceleration. He said I'd be better off looking for another facet of sport to follow. That was a really, really bad moment. For a long time, I felt as if my dad was the only one who had faith in me.
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This is what I would call old politics. This is the stuff we're trying to get rid of. Because the problem is, when we start breaking down into conservative and liberal, and we've got a bunch of set predispositions, whether it's on gun control, or its' on health care, any attempt to do health care is socialized medicine.
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We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.
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I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.
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I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very fortunate.
