Astra Taylor Quotes
There's this divergence out there between the very small and the very large with the middle disappearing. There is something paradoxical going on where there is this access and we can seek out things on the fringes, but that doesn't describe the overall reality, because the big are bigger than ever.

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I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where it's not even a contact sport - it's a blood sport. This is how I am as a candidate. This is how I run campaigns.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!
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I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
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If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
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Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York.
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I just love comic books. I've always loved comic book art, and I just think it's amazing.
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The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country.
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I've always been interested in technology, but specifically how we can use machines to engage the imagination. I started using computers when I was young and was fascinated by creating rules and instructions that allow a computer to engage in a dialogue with humans. The stories found in the data all around us can do just that.
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At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death in disguise?
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Yes, our DNA is unique but so is a salamander’s.
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Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at the other forces of society - both active and passive, and they prepare the maximum of favourable conditions for the definitive tug (revolution).
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Oh, this isn't a talk show; it's more just filling time, really, 'til the infomercials start.
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I think any job you do is an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to explore and challenge yourself.
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In general, fashion is challenging. Everything from clothes to fragrances.
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Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.
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In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles back to the land of Israel, reestablish a Torah government there, and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
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A loss of any kind is horrible. Not because it takes away, but because it makes you believe- in newspapers, in tomatoes, in empty whiskey bottles.
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The first day back to school, you never want to wear your best outfit. You're setting the bar too high for yourself! Then the rest of the school year, you'll feel so much pressure! Wear something cute, but save your best outfit for a day when no one expects it.
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The Fed is on hold at least through the election but I think we'll get a little more tightening at the start of next year. I think, for the time being, we have a soft landing. But I think the reality is the stock market rally will probably add a little fuel to the economy and the tightening will return next year.
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There's this divergence out there between the very small and the very large with the middle disappearing. There is something paradoxical going on where there is this access and we can seek out things on the fringes, but that doesn't describe the overall reality, because the big are bigger than ever.