Tom Hanks Quotes
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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.
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Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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The future of technology is not really location-based apps; it is about making location completely unimportant.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago. With spirituality comes morals, a better way of thinking.
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We have millions of users around the globe who do amazing things with our technology every day.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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Aereo is the first potentially transformative technology that has the chance to give people access to broadcast television delivered over the Internet to any device, large or small, they desire. No wires, no new boxes or remotes, portable everywhere there's an Internet connection in the world - truly a revolutionary product.
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In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
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Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story.
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Certain of Poe's tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them veritable beacon-lights in the province of the short story.
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When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good.
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Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.
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I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.
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Steampunk is not a group of children in a classroom, sitting quietly while the teacher reads a story; it's the kids at recess, playing a wild, endless game of pretend.
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
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Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words.
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We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.
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I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
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I have no expectations. Not in a bad way, but I've learned that you can't plan ahead. I live day by day and see what happens.
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Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.
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Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.
