Nathan Myhrvold Quotes
I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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My father had very little formal education.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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Benches and books have things in common beyond the fact that they're generally to do with sitting. Both are forms of public privacy, intimate spaces widely shared.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I've only got a tourist's knowledge of it. I thought that if I disobeyed that basic rule of writing - write about what you know - I'd write a thin and inauthentic book.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
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I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.
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The universe is my ashram, and every heart is my house, but I manifest only in those hearts in which all other than me ceases to live.
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Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.
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I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work.
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Most millennials have no problem standing their ground when asked to do something that conflicts with their personal values.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
