Abbie Hoffman Quotes

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

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• If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself.

  

  Dan Pink
  • World
  • Believe
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• I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • People
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  • Fun

• I'm more interested in producing than acting.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
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  • Interested

• The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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• The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

  

  Valentino Rossi
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• I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Opinion
  • Information
  • Talking

• I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.

  

  Walter Isaacson
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• There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. And then this little piece of information - this little tweet - came to the forefront of my mind.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Song

• The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.

  

  Omar Bongo
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• Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.

  

  J. B. Smoove
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• My CIA colleagues were smart, dedicated, funny, and creative. Yes, there was sometimes stifling bureaucracy, boredom, colleagues who never should have been there, and later, deeply disturbing stories of the CIA's involvement in torture. Still, I got to do work I thought was incredibly important and, many times, had fun doing it.

  

  Valerie Plame
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• When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • People
  • Time
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• I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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• It's important to have good tunes, but words are the thing for me.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
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  • Words

• A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.

  

  Daniel Akaka
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• It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.

  

  Sadie Frost
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  • Children
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• It's actually very important to put a little foundation up into your hairline, or else it looks like your face is not yours - like someone just Photoshopped it on!

  

  Barbara Palvin
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• What's really important? That I'm an individual, I guess. I am an individual - a strong one, too. I'm Natalie Cole. I gotta be me.

  

  Natalie Cole
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  • Strong
  • Individual

• I completely accept, respect, and support Caitlyn, but I must admit, I sometimes miss Bruce.

  

  Linda Thompson
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• Stricken by a guilty conscience, some men will say that I speak with excessive temerity about all men in general. They are greatly mistaken. If they behave justly, they will be protected from my attacks and those of others. I separate the just from the wicked (who are the subject of my discourse), since not all men are bad and not all women are good.

  

  Arcangela Tarabotti
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  • Wicked
  • Temerity

• My motivation was an idea of being able to improve the conditions of life, to try to find a remedy to many of the problems facing the world. That's what led me into economics. I saw it as a way of helping people.

  

  Maurice Allais
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• I didn't have a desk to write 'Red Queen' on, so I got a nice writing desk.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Writing
  • Nice
  • Red

• If you give people unlimited time and money, they'll do things the same old way. But if they have to achieve the goal in a brief time, they'll either give up or try something new.

  

  Peter Diamandis
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
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