Neal Stephenson Quotes
Much pruning had taken place in recent weeks. I am now absent in many versions of the cosmos where you are present.
Quotes to Explore
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink.
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Time is valuable; people are busy.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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It's a really interesting and diverse business. You're a farmer first, then a winemaker, then you're onto marketing and distribution. So it's multi-faceted and really engaging. I've learned more in the last couple years than in the ten prior to that, so it's been pretty interesting.
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All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.
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When we share our personal data with business, its use should be transparent and secure.
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What I try with my own stuff is to work the poem to a slow climax through a series of quiet painful dissonances.
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Much pruning had taken place in recent weeks. I am now absent in many versions of the cosmos where you are present.
