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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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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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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I spent almost 25 years at Qualcomm before joining Microsoft, so in a sense, I grew up at one company. During that time, I made a very big shift from the engineering side to the business side.
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Jobs are changing. Jobs will be about the blending of the digital and industrial capabilities.
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It's neither my job nor within my capabilities to save people. But a book sure can try.
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I don't really look at genre. I mean, sometimes you might be playing heavies a lot, and you're like, 'Hey, it'd be nice to do a romantic comedy.'
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What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory.
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No one has ever been able to stop the process and evolution of technology, not even I.B.M. That is going to continue. Those who grab it and move ahead with it will determine the future in this industry.
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A spider conducts operations that resemble those of a weaver, and a bee puts to shame many an architect in the construction of her cells. But what distinguishes the worst of architects from the best of bees is this, that the architect raises his structure in imagination before he erects it in reality.
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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.
