Pat Cadigan Quotes
Most people who are on the inside of a technology have no idea what it's like to look at from an end user's point of view. This is why they have focus groups. I'm really familiar with this because I worked 10 years for Hallmark Cards in the U.S.
Quotes to Explore
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football.
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My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.
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The very thing that most qualifies us to pray is our helplessness.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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Gods always love the people who make em.
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Most people who are on the inside of a technology have no idea what it's like to look at from an end user's point of view. This is why they have focus groups. I'm really familiar with this because I worked 10 years for Hallmark Cards in the U.S.
