Neal Stephenson Quotes
Yul had simply launched himself at the guy from some distance away, and body-checked him at full speed, stopping on a dime in midair as he transferred all of his energy into the target. 'Conservation of momentum,' he announced, 'it's not just a good idea-it's the law!'
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad.
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I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.
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My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
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I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did.
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As much as people want to call me a bomb-thrower, look at my record.
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I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.
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Do good under all circumstances, but with no care for any profit, or any blessedness, or any damnation, or any salvation, or any martyrdom; but all you do or omit should be for the honor of Love.
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When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.
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Yul had simply launched himself at the guy from some distance away, and body-checked him at full speed, stopping on a dime in midair as he transferred all of his energy into the target. 'Conservation of momentum,' he announced, 'it's not just a good idea-it's the law!'
