Nicholas G. Carr Quotes
The practicality of technology may distinguish it from art, but both spring from a similar, distinctly human yearning.
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Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
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I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.
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I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.
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I'd love to be able to dance like Madhuri Dixit.
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I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't looking at the small-budget films myself. I was looking at 'James Bond' and all the major films, so I still have that energy. I still love those films.
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I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.
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I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It's there to be a museum showcase of all that's great about American music.
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In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
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Technology is us. There is no separation. It's a pure expression of human creative will. It doesn't exist anywhere else in the universe. I'm rather sure of that.
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It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.
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I really like the old stuff that I cut my musical teeth on, and I loved it when the industry was just like that, without really a genre. Today, country radio's more aimed at a demographic than a genre. It just softens everything.
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The slave and those whose present life is miserable and who can find no consolation in the heavens are assured that at least the future belongs to them. The future is the only kind of property that the masters willingly concede to the slaves.
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The practicality of technology may distinguish it from art, but both spring from a similar, distinctly human yearning.
