Aaron Swartz Quotes
I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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The Democratic Party went far to the left, I think, and left some of us stranded on the beach, so we went to the Republican Party.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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I wanted to go to Washington to bring people together who had never been together before. I wanted to break down the barriers between races.
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I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.
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Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much.
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We're extremely excited about the assets that Yahoo has in the areas of Sports and Finance and Email and News. You match those up with AOL, and we've just made an exponential leap in capabilities here.
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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
