Nathan Myhrvold Quotes
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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I do not often get lonely, and I never get bored.
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I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
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I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.
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I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.
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We never see ourselves as others see us.
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To be honest, I have never thought about getting into direction.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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You see bands putting ads in the paper: 'drummer wanted'. I could never be in a set-up like that.
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I ran away from three different boarding schools before joining a circus school, and eventually I became an actor. The only thing I learned at boarding school was never to send my child to one.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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Money is a bubble that never pops. It's a consensus hallucination.
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You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.
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I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.
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I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.
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What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use that word. I've never been a huge seller.
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My world, my world... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness. - Wicket Witch of the North
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Three million and one hundred thousand Japanese people died in the war, and many foreigners were also victims.
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I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
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I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.
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Rent-control laws disproportionately benefit the non-poor because the elite pull strings, work the system and are better connected than the non-poor.
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I never was a popular kid in class.
