Nicholas G. Carr Quotes
A lot of your mental energy goes to figuring out where does one word end and the next begin.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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I grew up loving musicals. My mom had records of original cast recordings, and one of them was 'She Loves Me.' I wore that thing out singing along to Barbara Cook when I was eight years old.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.
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I just really love being in my pajamas.
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El corazón es un infinito de pesadísimas cadenas, encadenando puñaditos de aire.
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La pobreza ajena me basta para sentirme pobre; la mía no me basta.
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I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.
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Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time.
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It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.
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Acting was always a secret desire of mine when I was growing up.
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At night, I'll do coconut oil or almond oil on my face as a mask to replenish my skin. I've found those are so simple but work better than any other product. Coconut oil is so good, but if you don't want to smell like a cookie, sweet almond oil isn't as pungent.
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For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.
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There's a certain trope in young adult fiction. A young girl gets cancer and becomes this radiant person who's a fountain of insight. Everyone who encounters her is changed for the better. That doesn't happen all the time. The whole thing is much more difficult to process. Adults have trouble with it, so why shouldn't we expect teens to?
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I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.
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I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.
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So long as you do it truthfully, music is not to be judged.
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Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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Obviously the Internet has become something of a leveler; it was once a luxury to be able to reach a mass audience, and now anybody can do it, to some extent.
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A lot of your mental energy goes to figuring out where does one word end and the next begin.
