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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I would say that every pope has had people within his administration who have had difficulties one way or another with his administration.
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Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just have that problem, and it's something that I am going to spend the rest of my life trying to conquer.
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I don't think there's much chance that the North Koreans would attack Guam or any other territory out of the blue. They would only counterattack if they felt existentially threatened. The questions is, At want point will North Korea feel it is threatened enough to make such a strike? We don't know that yet.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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It's a misconception that people over 65 do not use computers. They love them; they are always consulting Dr Google.
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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.
