Avi Rubin Quotes
People's computers are not getting more secure. They're getting more infected with viruses. They're getting more under the control of malware.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
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Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
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It looks good when you see someone kicking at the age of 51 with no double. It's kinda cool for people to know that past 50 we can keep flexible.
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If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?
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People's computers are not getting more secure. They're getting more infected with viruses. They're getting more under the control of malware.
