Clive Thompson Quotes
The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire - is that they're old, so we've ceased to notice their effects.
Clive Thompson
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I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
Aaron Diehl
I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
Ed Koch
I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.
Vanity
I'm really a family girl. My mom's like, 'As soon as you're on your own, we're going to move back to Indiana.' Well, that might be when I'm 26.
Carly Schroeder
I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.
Rainn Wilson
Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.
Olive Schreiner
I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.
Sam Taylor-Wood
Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
Tadashi Yanai
For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.
Laura Prepon
My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.
Maira Kalman
I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.
Ranbir Kapoor
The theme of luck comes up a lot. It's something I thought about before, why some people are lucky and some people aren't lucky. It seems like some people you meet can sort of cultivate luck, and I've always been fascinated by that.
Patrick deWitt
I am glad that he thanks God for anything.
Samuel Johnson
Are you sure you can prevent yourself from falling in love one of these days? Such things do happen, you know, even to the most prudent men.' Simon gave him a strange, one might even have thought a hostile, look. I should tear it out of my heart as I'd wrench out of my mouth a rotten tooth.
W. Somerset Maugham
But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this Earth to do.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Teenagers are the greatest readers in the world - honest, unsnobby and loyal.
Patrick Ness
I'm not the writer who says, "You have to say it exactly as I wrote it," because you don't get good work. You want somebody who's going to bring something interesting to it and really create a character with you. You see that with certain actors.
Scott Frank
The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire - is that they're old, so we've ceased to notice their effects.
Clive Thompson