Astra Taylor Quotes
All this stuff - about the materiality of the network, what it's made of, and how it works - should be part of a basic media literacy, because we depend on this technology for more and more aspects of our day-to-day lives.
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Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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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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I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
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Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.
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There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don't want protection for the others. The legal system should protect everyone, not just the few people who think they are above everybody else because they are married.
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America needs a sensible, sustainable Iran policy that can meet U.S. security and economic interests, command international support and withstand the shifting Middle Eastern sands.
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I've always loved to perform in front of people, but it became pretty serious when I participated in 'Sweden's Got Talent.' I thought it would be a fun thing to do, and I was just like, 'OK, why not?' And Mom was like, 'OK, sure, sure, do this!' So I did, and I won it!
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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
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Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators.
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We had to get on food stamps for a short period of time, so I understand the need for those.
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I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.
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In a fascist system, it's not the lies that count but the muddying. When citizens can't tell real news from fake, they give up their demands for accountability bit by bit.
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I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.
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Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.
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Assumption is the mother of the screw-up.
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I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.
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There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it’s time to move forward.
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All this stuff - about the materiality of the network, what it's made of, and how it works - should be part of a basic media literacy, because we depend on this technology for more and more aspects of our day-to-day lives.
