Erik Spiekermann Quotes
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love.
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I like Sam Smith and Taylor Swift. I love pop music, but I also like Sam Smith's slow songs. That would be more to dance to. I think dancers like different genres of music, compared to just a regular person.
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'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.
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We dare not supress thoughts, but when they are expressed through violence, like the idea that power comes from the barrel of a gun, they must be dealt with and met accordingly.
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I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology.
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Lord of himself,-that heritage of woe!
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Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.
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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average American family of four will receive a $1,182 tax cut. Imagine what you could do with $1,182 more in your pocket!
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I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned.
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I don't want people to think that someone gives me something to wear, and I'll put it on.
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No, the United States does not target civilians.
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I would daydream about what it would be like to be an actor. I would even do talk shows where I interviewed myself.
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You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman.
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To combat the monotony of gym workouts, I started playing soccer. I looked at workouts as training sessions. My soccer training includes squats, pushups, resistance-band work, and sprints. Ninety minutes of running became part of my love of the game rather than a chore.
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To go from hating the way I looked to being a 'Cosmo' centerfold is a profound honor.
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My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.
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I remember, once I was stressed, with an upcoming paper deadline. That little Microsoft Word clippy guy would show up in my face, jumping around and asking if I needed help. It had no understanding of my emotions and had zero empathy. That got me interested in this idea of tech being responsive to our emotions.
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The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other minds.
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The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.
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'Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or getting number ones.
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Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately.
