Astra Taylor Quotes
One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and create an atmosphere of complexity.Astra Taylor
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Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.
Zoe Saldana -
Charter opponents often try to delegitimize strong testing results like those in Boston by attributing them to excessive test prep - as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did recently.
Brown Campbell -
There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
Ted Williams -
Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord's sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
Saint Ignatius -
It's no use crying over spilt summits.
Harold MacMillan -
I am a contrarian.
Barry Diller
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
Tea Obreht -
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.
Samantha Power -
Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
Mae West -
I've heard people have written books of me. People don't even know me, but they've written a book on me. You ever heard of hearing it from the horse's mouth? I'm the horse.
R. Kelly -
We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.
Adam Braun -
Contempt is the only asymmetrical expression in the muscular facial system: Disgust, fear, happiness, surprise and anger typically express themselves symmetrically. Contempt is marked by one lip corner pulled up and in a dismissive sneer.
Pamela Meyer
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I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble...
Larry Wall -
I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history that you have everywhere in Britain.
Charlie Cox -
When I think back on high school, I always tried to make silly videos with my friends.
Kimiko Glenn -
Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it.
Kevin Garnett -
How do we describe the fact of human existence? At a certain point, perhaps, style fails us. Language, even and in particular at its most evocative, becomes less of an aid and more of a difficulty.
Katie Kitamura -
With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.
Kavita Ramdas
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I have this rather amazing report which, roughly speaking, says I was the worst student the biology master had ever taught.
John Gurdon -
Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.
Daniel Goleman -
There's actually 14 in our family, but we disowned the others.
Caroline Corr -
As a teenager and a student, I totally cast away the Christian faith. I just believed it was stupid, and only stupid people could believe it. I actually became an anti-Christian, and very antagonistic.
Frederica Mathewes-Green -
One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and create an atmosphere of complexity.
Astra Taylor