Wallace Stegner Quotes
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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There will be many types of assets codified into the blockchain, and they are all not just going to be on the bitcoin blockchain - it's going to be a number of different assets here. And the best way to invest in that is a diversified portfolio.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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Story was that human civilization started to develop with first social network. Emerged where population concentration was high. Helped propel to where we are now. Facebook is next step of creating a huge human brain to embrace hundreds of million, possibly billions of people.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.
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I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
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I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California.
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The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.
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The-the-the criticism people have of your position, Reverend, is- you want God out of everything!
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If a lack of money had prevented people from improving their lot, then mankind would still be living in the caves: unless you believe that investment capital first arrived from outer space.
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Once you get involved with bloodsport litigation, you can not only get drunk on your own greed but start to believe your own lies.
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
