Nicholas G. Carr Quotes
I think, that after the arrival of the mechanical clock we see an explosion in scientific thinking and scientific discovery.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
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When a song wants to be written, it will be written.
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I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.
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Having children with someone is the real bond.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved.
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At first I only used the Scotch to flavor the seltzer. Then I left out the seltzer altogether and only retained the ice cubes with the Scotch. Today, I am proud to say, I have emancipated myself from all such crutches. I drink my Scotch straight.
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I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing and making movies since I was a little kid, just in a room and make it.
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Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.
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We used to sleep five to a bed and three of them used to wet the bed. I learnt to swim before I could walk.
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People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.
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... it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
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As our inclinations, so our opinions.
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The way the Facebook network is set up, it's not as suitable for content discovery. Twitter is better, but there are too many over-sharers. Also, on Twitter and Facebook, everything comes from people you know. On StumbleUpon, it comes from people that you don't necessarily know but share your interests.
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The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.
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We will fight hostage taking like we fight terrorism.
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I think, that after the arrival of the mechanical clock we see an explosion in scientific thinking and scientific discovery.
