Brian Christian Quotes
Simply put, the representation of events in the media does not track their frequency in the world. As sociologist Barry Glassner notes, the murder rate in the United States declined by 20% over the course of the 1990s, yet during that time period the presence of gun violence on American news increased by 600%.Brian Christian
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
Walter Annenberg -
We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.
Baldwin Spencer -
There is not love where there is no will.
Indira Gandhi -
I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
Rachel Kushner -
I will not be collateral damage in a presidential campaign, nor will I be a woman bullied by Hillary Clinton.
Pam Bondi -
I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all the ones I have seen haven't been successful, but I'm going to make a successful one.' Well, I wasn't able to do that.
Irwin Winkler
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I've tried to work really hard on never phoning in the lyrics.
Sam Hunt -
I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
Taraji P. Henson -
No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
Irwin Redlener -
When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.
Vernor Vinge -
People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.
Karan Mahajan -
The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
Naveen Jain
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You have to be very fast-thinking, creative, and mobile. It is key to making a business move.
Jack Dangermond -
There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don't want protection for the others. The legal system should protect everyone, not just the few people who think they are above everybody else because they are married.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I remember watching Audrey Hepburn dancing in movies, and I was inspired by how graceful she looked, though I understand it was no easy task.
Yuan Yuan Tan -
Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.
Harbhajan Singh -
Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Samuel Johnson -
I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge.
Rachael Ray
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In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.
Tad R. Callister -
People weren't even aware that I wrote my own songs. The media just promoted me as a female body. It's like I've had to prove that I'm an artist.
Kate Bush -
Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
Freya Stark -
No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
Lascelles Abercrombie -
Simply put, the representation of events in the media does not track their frequency in the world. As sociologist Barry Glassner notes, the murder rate in the United States declined by 20% over the course of the 1990s, yet during that time period the presence of gun violence on American news increased by 600%.
Brian Christian