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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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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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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A light cotton cami is always great to stay cool.
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America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the very top and keep everybody else down. ... Hard work, that's a value. Looking out for one another, that's a value. The idea that we're all in it together and [that] I'm my brother's keeper and [my] sister's keeper, that's a value.
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I think golf is literally an addiction. I'm surprised there's not Golf Anonymous.
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I was a big fan of 'Blackadder,' and my first commercial was directed by John Lloyd - I could have bored him for hours if I'd known he directed my favourite show!
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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.
