Kevin Kelly Quotes
The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education. Then mankind will eat to live, be able to do better mental and physical work and disease will be less frequent.
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.
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Rob is incredibly supportive. When I work he takes care of the kids and vice versa.
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Reading has been a part of my life ever since I was born.
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I really believe that if you want something bad enough, and you work so hard to get it, and you have it inside, then if you just never stop, it's gonna happen.
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Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way twice. I've studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan.
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The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.
