Blaise Aguera y Arcas Quotes
This is taking photos from everybody - the entire collective memory of what the Earth looks like - and linking all of that together.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.
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I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.
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Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
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Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
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Nation states that are used to imposing capital controls will face a quandary: ban cryptocurrencies and live in the technology dustbin; enable them, and this virus - this religion, this protocol - will enable the free flow of money and language, along with packets, around the globe.
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I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.
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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
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Writing obscures language ; it is not a guise for language but a disguise.
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Nationalism and racism, to take two examples, are the culturally nurtured outgrowths of simple tribalism.
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A large, coarse-skinned young woman but with something of my friend's features, particularly the mouth.
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As Shakespeare himself knew, the peace, the reconciliation that he created on the stage would not last an hour on the street.
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I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.
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It seems like there's a real world for new ideas in Philly.
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Every day is magic. It really is. It's exciting and not every day is easy 'cause you have to figure out where are the fun things. But I'm never bored, not for a minute, and I get to continue being a curious soul.
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I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works.
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I think the best thing I can say about it - and I think the best thing you can say about anything, really - is that 'The Motorcycle Diaries' made me feel like my home was bigger; it made me feel at home anywhere in Latin America.
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I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.
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This is taking photos from everybody - the entire collective memory of what the Earth looks like - and linking all of that together.
