David Gelernter Quotes
The future was and remains the quintessential American art form. Other nations sit back and let their futures happen; we construct ours. We can let the future happen, or take the trouble to imagine it. We can imagine it dark or bright - and in the long run, that's how it will be.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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No one knows what the top-performing asset class will be next year. Lacking this prescience, your next-best solution is to own all of the classes and rebalance regularly.
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Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
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Do send out a newsletter when you have a new book out or are going on tour. Also list relevant event dates and notifications of contests you are running.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
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It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.
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Winning the World Cup was a dream come true after so many years of wanting something so bad. After that final whistle, I dropped to the ground on my knees and got emotional.
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In my new IFC comedy game show, 'Bunk,' we actually use our intern Patrick as a human timer - giving contestants the time it takes for him to wade through a bag of broken glass for a razor blade, to get gum out of his hair, to pick up every strand from a box of spaghetti I spill on the floor, etc, etc.
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I love multi-cam. I grew up in a border town in South Texas right next to Mexico, a million miles away from this world... and to me, multi-cams are just like theater.
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My dream was always to win a grand slam, and my second dream was to be No. 1.
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I've tried to convince members of my party that we should not allow the hair on the backs of our necks to bristle every time somebody mentions renewable energy.
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I really did always want to do theater.
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I'm so grateful to be part of the Sundance family.
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I am constantly hustling and finding new things. You try to manage so you don't look back and see huge gaps of time that you missed with your family.
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At one point, I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.
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I emphasize the dual mission of the Life Cube Project: involving as many members of the community as possible; and encouraging people to write down their goals, ambitions and wishes. I hope that the concept has an impact on these students' lives - that would be my dream.
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Know that whatever is happening in your life right now, it's there for a reason. Just accept the things the way they are. Just relax and let go of all the mental constructs that your mind is creating. Acceptance leads to wholesome right action.
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John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.
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The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it's like to LACK that knowledge.
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If I'm not mistaken, that relationship of Barack Obama with Mr.Bill Ayers on this board continued after 9/11 and after his reported comments, which were deeply hurtful to people in New York and, I would hope, to every American, because they were published on 9/11, and he said that he was just sorry they hadn't done more.
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The future was and remains the quintessential American art form. Other nations sit back and let their futures happen; we construct ours. We can let the future happen, or take the trouble to imagine it. We can imagine it dark or bright - and in the long run, that's how it will be.
