Neal Stephenson Quotes
Once a person has all the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment.
Neal Stephenson
Quotes to Explore
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
Aaron Swartz
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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.
Rachel Nichols
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
Malcolm Gladwell
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
Narendra Modi
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
Pamela Meyer
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When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
Maisie Williams
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
Gabriella Wilde
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
Sally Kellerman
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
Dan Buettner
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As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.
Naomi Shihab Nye
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
Zooey Deschanel
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I would say when you're dealing with live musicians and musicality, the warmth of a live instrument brings a certain feel to a song that is really hard, sometimes, to get from synthesized instruments.
Justin Scott
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People who graduate are more resilient financially, and they weather economic downturns better than people who don't graduate. And, throughout their lives, people who graduate are more likely to be economically secure, more likely to be healthy, and more likely to live longer. Face it: A college degree puts a lot in your corner.
Elizabeth Warren
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
Ted Williams
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Once a person has all the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment.
Neal Stephenson
