Clive Thompson Quotes
More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work.
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
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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.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
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Chan Marshall has one of the most haunting, wrenching voices of any current singer, male or female.
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I am scared of spiders! And I still get a little afraid every time I have to do something new or have to get out in front of a big crowd. The first time I sang "Swag It Out" live, I was really scared.
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I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.
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People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he's proud of us.
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More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work.
