Ted Nelson Quotes
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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There are a lot of bad people out there.
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The last album, 'Falling Faster Than You Can Run.' I was really proud of, but then I didn't actually know whether it was going to come out on any label at all. So I didn't know if anyone was going to hear it. Then of course we ended up doing another EP after that called 'Closer.'
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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
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Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially.
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I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.
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Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.
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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.
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I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
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The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
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I've never seen myself as a 'girl driver.' I'm just a driver.
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Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.
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I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.
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Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
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We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.
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Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.
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I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.
