Clive Thompson Quotes
There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative for the average person.Clive Thompson
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When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.
Karin Slaughter -
The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
H. R. McMaster -
In America, music is more tightly categorized.
Ednita Nazario -
I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
Lasse Hallstrom -
All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
Hamza Yusuf -
I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
Joanne Rowling
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
Zach LaVine -
'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
Taylor Hicks -
I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
Damien Rice -
The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
Fran Lebowitz -
Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
Walt Disney -
The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
Walter Benjamin
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I like being unconventional.
Florence Griffith Joyner -
Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
Walter Benjamin -
How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
Ferdinand Marcos -
The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
Natalie Imbruglia -
I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
Barry Unsworth -
Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
Oscar Hijuelos
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
Harold W. Dodds -
When we start using religion as a bludgeon in politics, when we start questioning other people's faith, we start using religion to divide, instead of bring the country together, then I think we've got a problem.
Barack Obama -
Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.
Peter Drucker -
There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.
David Denman -
I'm happier than a pig eating bacon!' Count Olaf cried. 'I'm tickled pinker than a sun-burned Caucasian! I'm in higher spirits than a brand-new graveyard! I'm so happy-go-lucky that lucky and happy people are going to beat me with sticks out of pure, unbridled jealousy!
Daniel Handler -
There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative for the average person.
Clive Thompson