Margaret Heffernan Quotes

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

Margaret Heffernan

Margaret Heffernan

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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.

Sam Taylor-Wood
- Time
- Struggle
- Chaos
I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.

Mae Jemison
- People
- Up
- Why
It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

Wayne Rooney
- Young
- Strange
- Senior
It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.

Natasha Trethewey
- People
- Good
- Believe
I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.

Warren Spector
- World
- Best
- Care
I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.

Kate Moss