Clive Thompson Quotes
The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn't explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity.
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It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working on linebacker drills since I got out to Fischer Sports in Phoenix.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.
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No one has ever raised capital because their pitch deck was pretty. A lot of people have raised capital because they were over-prepared, knew where their business was going, and were able to articulate that through a pitch alongside a pitch deck.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I do what I can do to help my defense.
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I do music that makes me happy by challenging myself to go the extra mile and not do what everyone else is doing.
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But a lot of my training can be done in Aston - a lot of the hard work, so to speak. But a new atmosphere, a new place, and it's good for me because I didn't want to get stuck in one spot, so coming home is good, back and forth, you know, where my roots are.
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I discovered that what most people call creepy, scary, and spooky, I call comfy, cozy, and home.
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I like to get goals.
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The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn't explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity.
