Jacob Bronowski Quotes
The images play out for us events which are not present in our senses, and... create the future-a future that... may never come to exist in that form.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
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Social Security, which transformed life for the elderly in this country, was 'socialist.' The concept of the 'minimum wage' was seen as a radical intrusion into the marketplace and was described as 'socialist.'
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The problem is, we're moving to software-as-service, which can be yanked or transformed at any moment. The ability of your PC to run independent code is an important safety valve.
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You never think about your own mortality. At least not until your back gives way when you're 40.
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For my type of story and my kind of writing, I think 'Vanity Fair' is the right forum.
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I think people feel very comfortable reviewing the idea of me, as opposed to what I've actually written. Most of the time, when people write about one of my books, they're really just writing about what they think I may or may not represent, as sort of this abstract entity. Is that unfair? Not really. If I put myself in this position where I'm going to kind of weave elements of memoir into almost everything, well, I suppose that's going to happen.
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The images play out for us events which are not present in our senses, and... create the future-a future that... may never come to exist in that form.
