Aaron Swartz Quotes
I’m a teenage kid who’s interested in improving the world (mostly through law, politics, and technology). This year, I’m going to try to update my weblog daily with interesting thoughts, program some interesting new website software, and work on some website projects that help people better understand what’s going on in American politics.
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I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.
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You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.
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Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.
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I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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It never rains when you want it to You humble me, Lord
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I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people.
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I’m a teenage kid who’s interested in improving the world (mostly through law, politics, and technology). This year, I’m going to try to update my weblog daily with interesting thoughts, program some interesting new website software, and work on some website projects that help people better understand what’s going on in American politics.
