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"Digital technology, you see, is not the villain here. It simply offers another dimension. I'm not sure if it's a farther remove from reality than analogue. I think if we can speak of reality, if reality and representation can be spoken of in the same sentence, if reality even exists any more, digital is simply another way of encoding that reality."
"The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion."
"So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun, An' gittin' Natur' for an ally."
"God is a gross answer, an indelicacy against us thinkers- at bottom merely a gross prohibition for us: you shall not think!"
"I think food culture is always evolving, and there will constantly be people looking both forward and back. That's what makes it exciting."
"Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind."
"I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress."
"I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."
"Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions."
"All disciplines affect each other. Mistakenly the man says, `This is the only area where I let down.` Not true. Every let down affects the rest. Not to think so is naive."
"Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future."
"I'm not really a churchy person, although I do think Jesus was a good bloke."
"Too many people, right now are playing it small. If you want to be SUCCESSFUL, Live BIG, Think BIG, & make every day of your life COUNT!"
"Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking."
"Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay."
"I don't think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing."
"If our zeal is embittered by expressions of anger, invective, or scorn—we may think we are doing service of the cause of truth, when in reality we shall only bring it into discredit!"
"You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.'"
"I don't have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I'm not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I'm a professional."
"Eternity isn't some later time. Eternity isn't a long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is that dimension of here and now which thinking and time cuts out. This is it. And if you don't get it here, you won't get it anywhere. And the experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life."
