Kevin Mitnick Quotes
I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. I copied without permission.
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I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.
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I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.
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I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.
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We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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It's creepy to see fan sites about me.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.
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The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.
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I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
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It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work.
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I am excited about this. We've got half of our goal. I'd love to see us get a little bit more than half our goal and not be so deeply into this thing going into Sunday, but I feel good about everything.
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The brain is the cornerstone of virtually every facet of our lives. I wish we knew more.
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The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it's that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it should not enter.
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I grew up in a middle-class family in the middle of America in the middle of the last century.
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I would have beaten Bloomberg like a rented mule.
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If I hadn't been inside of Biosphere 2 and really lived a biological life-support system, I definitely would not be involved in life-support systems for space.
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Legitimacy, when challenged, bases itself on an appeal to the past, while justification relates to an end that lies in the future. Violence can be justifiable, but it never will be legitimate.
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Galileo had already made a significant beginning toward a knowledge of the law of motion. He discovered the law of inertia and the law of bodies falling freely in the gravitational field of the earth.
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People think that digital language is a fixed language, but it's not: it's very fluid. It's like I'm doing a painting where the paint refuses to dry.
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I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. I copied without permission.
