Ted Nelson Quotes
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.
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The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what else can one call it?
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I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
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Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.
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There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.
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We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.
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I only eat fish - no chicken, no turkey, just fish. I get all my protein from fish and egg whites.
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A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways – to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.
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If you find something to tell, tell it to your truest, though that make little to tell; the truer you speak, the more you will know to tell.
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I wouldn't mind being the female MJ. I want to have major crossover appeal.
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I haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual - she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I'm proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I'm still looking for my god.
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Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: 'Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life'.
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The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
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It is actually quite exciting when you're flying headfirst into a barrier-the initial part, the initial part is actually quite fun, especially when you hit the gravel trap and you get some air, and then you see it coming and you think 'erk-it's gonna hurt!'
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Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important.
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When I was working abroad, there was a time when I almost gave up because of my problem with my working visa in Canada. I remember that I collected bottles of mineral water and sold them to earn extra money.
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The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.
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I've always been a goal scorer. Playing both ways is something I wanted to do coming into the league.
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I want to be age appropriate. I don't want to be that girl you see walking away and she looks 25 and then she turns around and she looks 90.
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We should not impose regularity where it does not exist.
