Neal Stephenson Quotes
'This isn’t the first. People have been making malware that does this for a few years now. There’s a word for it: ‘ransomware.’'
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
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I felt very strongly about the Ashley Madison thing. Of the 39 million people who signed up for Ashley Madison, only a tiny percentage of them actually had an affair. And I'd go a step further and say even if they did, it's none of our business, frankly.
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“I used to think that people worried about one world government were more than a little paranoid. Today, not so much.”
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'This isn’t the first. People have been making malware that does this for a few years now. There’s a word for it: ‘ransomware.’'
