Kevin Kelly Quotes

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• I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.

  

  Kanye West
  • Voice
  • Down
  • Generation

• Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Time
  • Space
  • Physics

• There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from the age of fifteen to twenty with a man who was thirteen years older than me who remains one of the loves of my life, and he passed away when I was twenty years old.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Life
  • Age
  • Relationship

• We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.

  

  Val McDermid
  • Life
  • Money
  • Home

• It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Experience
  • Kids
  • Interesting

• I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Smart
  • Try
  • Invest

• Every battalion has its marching songs.

  

  Patrick MacGill
  • Songs
  • Every
  • Marching

• Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Life
  • Journey
  • Honor

• We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external things will be in harmony with us.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • Will
  • Expression
  • Harmony

• The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Man
  • Cool
  • Lies

• BRAC originated in the 1960s under President Kennedy as the Department of Defense (DOD) had to realign its base structure after World War II and the Korean War. At that time, the DOD was able to close bases without congressional interference, and 60 bases were closed in the 1960s.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Time
  • World
  • War

• The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • Life
  • Law
  • Me

• It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • Impossible
  • Common
  • Laborers

• I love the energy of an independent film set. No one is there for the money. Everyone is there 'cause they really want to be there. It makes all the difference in the world. It's without ego and agenda, other than just wanting to fulfill a creative dream.

  

  Mamie Gummer
  • Dream
  • Energy
  • Creative

• Pulling away from your parents, that's the natural thing to do; that's how life progresses.

  

  Wendi McLendon-Covey
  • Life
  • Parents
  • Away

• I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.

  

  Harlan Ellison
  • Love
  • Hate
  • Wrong

• Too many writers get into that gross-'em-out factor.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Get
  • Many
  • Too

• I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Independent
  • Movies
  • Working

• I went to my school careers counselors and said I wanted to be an actor, and they didn't know what to do. They showed me catalogues with pretty campuses and said, 'Oh, look, there's a theater building. Why don't you go there?'

  

  Frances McDormand
  • School
  • Pretty
  • Actor

• The young people today are the 21st century.

  

  Martin Scorsese
  • People
  • Today

• A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Faith
  • Friend
  • Miracle

• At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the belief that we are not merely individuals struggling in isolation from each other, but members of a community who depend on each other, who benefit from each other's help, who owe obligations to each other. From that everything stems: solidarity, social justice, equality, freedom.

  

  Tony Blair
  • Heart
  • Community
  • Justice

• Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

  

  Kevin Kelly