Nathan Myhrvold Quotes
An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.

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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
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I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.
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People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the other one is.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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I do not live in the world of sobriety.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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Africa is the future.
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We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
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I get bored easily.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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In the past, the greatest weapon the white man has had has been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, you don't even feel it. It might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together.
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If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certainly did it with PS2, and we are about to do it very rapidly with PSP. This is a whole new business for us, in terms of the handheld market, and we're going about it the right way.
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After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.
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There are some quite tricky challenges facing everybody working in Crimea and I shall be engaging with various government people.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.