Richard Powers Quotes
I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years.
Quotes to Explore
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There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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Art is more engaging that propaganda.
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'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G.
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Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.
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I gained 60 pounds, and I'm proud of it. Why do I need to watch my weight when I'm pregnant? I could eat whatever the hell I want to eat.
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The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.
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Internet governance is an oxymoron. The Internet must govern itself. But you can't play cricket without any rules.
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I couldn't care less about business.
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Isn't the purpose of bitcoin mining simply to get rich - or not, as the case may be? Well, at 21, we are less concerned with bitcoin as a financial instrument and more interested in bitcoin as a protocol - and particularly in the industrial uses of bitcoin enabled by embedded mining.
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Se non volea pulir sua scusa tanto,Che la facesse di menzogna rea.
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As a card-carrying space nerd and NASA's chief scientist, I love space movies, from 'Star Trek' to 'Star Wars' to my all-time favorite - 'The Dish', an Australian comedy that celebrates that first moment when Neil Armstrong stepped down onto the surface of our moon.
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I feel like people start to believe things that people say about them and start to think they're really important. If you have a family that is down to earth and cool, I don't see how you can be like that.
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People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.'
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Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.
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I don't think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who cares about it. If you look at any business, fashion being the most obvious, the aura, or the reality of the designer, is part of what creates it. It's true in luxury goods stores and in good food stores. It leaves a palpable sense that someone cares.
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My family still treats me like they did when I was 7 or 6.
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Did you know that a laugh is something that comes out of a hole in your face? Anywhere else and you're in dead trouble!
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I will do a chocolate deal for product only. No need for money.
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I think you have to remember that the people that are really muscly and toned at the gym started somewhere. You have to remember that they didn't always look like that, so when you're in there, don't look at them and feel intimidated.
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Remember to play after every storm.
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I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years.
