Astra Taylor Quotes
One thing that struck me about going to those tech conferences was all the enthusiasm for free culture, and remixing, and social media, but people's greatest ambition was to be sponsored by Chipotle or something equivalent to that. It was this weird mix of collaborative, utopian claims and this total acquiescence to commercial imperatives.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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In New York, the former lack of real competition allowed taxis to extract excessive charges, regardless of the poor service.
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I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
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The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because it's not necessarily the easiest of lives.
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We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
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I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.
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Do the best job I can, not hurt our fellow beings on this planet, that's my religion.
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The more boys I meet, the more I love my dog.
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...ingratitude is more common than you might think.
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You need to find the size of performance that's appropriate to the material, appropriate to the shot, or appropriate to the scene.
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Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.
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Evolution is a fact. It is the best explanation of what is known from observations. It's a theory as powerful as the theory of gravity.
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I don't eat the same meal or at the same time every single day. You get tired of that real quick. I just try to make sure whatever I'm eating is fresh and clean and good for my body. That's about it.
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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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Our troops should not conform to customs that represent the marginalization of people and are incongruent with our fundamental values.
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One thing that struck me about going to those tech conferences was all the enthusiasm for free culture, and remixing, and social media, but people's greatest ambition was to be sponsored by Chipotle or something equivalent to that. It was this weird mix of collaborative, utopian claims and this total acquiescence to commercial imperatives.
