Larry Niven Quotes
That's the thing about people who think they hate computers … What they really hate are lousy programmers.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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Many of us will be obsessed with one or another kind of secret or revelation, be it gossip about friends or ourselves, a fantasy about spies, or a worry about the most personal information now stored in data banks. But few of us think about secrets in general, or about the moral rights and wrongs of hiding or exposing them.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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Both heaven and hell are within us.
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Personal computing today is a rich ecosystem encompassing massive PC-based data centers, notebook and Tablet PCs, handheld devices, and smart cell phones. It has expanded from the desktop and the data center to wherever people need it - at their desks, in a meeting, on the road or even in the air.
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I don't want awkward shows with people looking at their phones or tweeting. That's something you should do at home.
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I go where people are hurting. I stand on the stage, and I make people laugh for an hour and a half.
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There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them.
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That's the thing about people who think they hate computers … What they really hate are lousy programmers.
