Clive Thompson Quotes
The amount of writing that people do online is astonishing, and historically unprecedented.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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The stream in my hometown Calgary is the oil and gas industry - that's the talk you hear on the street.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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I've done two 'Hamlets,' two 'Lears,' three 'Midsummer Night's Dreams' - I've done most of these plays more than once, and every time I direct them, I learn things.
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It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.
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People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.
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Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.
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A movie of mine is going to be released in Japan next year. I play a waitress who's a really regular girl in this movie. The English title isn't decided yet, but in Japanese it's I'll Get on the A Train Sometime.
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I've been a vegetarian since I was about 12 years old. When I became a vegetarian, I got my mom and dad to become vegetarian, and my brother became a vegetarian.
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Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is
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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
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The amount of writing that people do online is astonishing, and historically unprecedented.
