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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I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
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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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I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.
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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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If there are fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies on the table, I won't say no to those. Soy sauce is another one, even though it's awful - it's so high in sodium.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.
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By conversing with the mighty dead, we imbibe sentiment with knowledge. We become strongly attached to those who can no longer either hurt or serve us, except through the influence which they exert over the mind. We feel the presence of that power which gives immortality to human thoughts and actions, and catch the flame of enthusiasm from all nations and ages.
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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.
