Clive Thompson Quotes
We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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Like every girl, we don't talk about our surgeries.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
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All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.
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Print-on-demand and electronic self-publishing options have made it easy for anyone to set up a business as a publisher whether they know what they're doing or not.
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I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and enable you to enter into your marriage with a better understanding of each other and what is important. Work and home responsibilities, joint or separate accounts, budgets, etc. are all subjects which should be discussed.
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I didn't really understand the concept of feminism until the media started to talk about it surrounding my name.
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In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.
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Taxpayer dollars should not be used as a reward for contractor executives, especially when other segments of society are hurting.
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I want women to know all around the world that they have the power!
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We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines.
