John Battelle Quotes

Drones ply the liminal space between the physical and the digital - pilots fly them, but aren't in them. They are versatile and fascinating objects - the things they can do range from the mundane (aerial photography) to the spectacular - killing people, for example.

John Battelle

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SpacePeopleFlyPhotographyDigital

Most Americans haven't had my happy experience of living for thirteen years in a seventeenth-century house, since most of America lacks seventeenth-century houses.

John Updike

ExperienceHappyAmericaHouseYears

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.

Stephane Mallarme

SoulMelodyNeedsEveryWhich

The Metrodome was built for football. Fans seated down the third-base line at a baseball game faced centerfield, so that they had to turn and look over their right shoulders to see home plate.

Steve Rushin

HomeFootballBaseballGameLook

I think any time you allow someone to see themselves reflected in another person on screen, there's validation there. It's hard to feel strong and sure of yourself when you're 15, but if you can turn on your television or computer and see someone who makes you feel like, 'I can be that strong...' there's validation there.

Shonda Rhimes

TimeYourselfStrongThinkSomeone

The idea that I'm going to have to sit down to write some fiction where I'm going to have to think of a plot would really scare me, because it would come out a mess.

Tracey Emin

MeThinkDownWriteMessOut

I lost contact with my father for many years because of apartheid. For, like, six years, I didn't see my dad. And, now, this was the six years of being a teenager.

Trevor Noah

FatherLostNowYearsContactSee

I think at this point, I'd eventually like to work behind the camera. That's not to say I would never act again, I'm not quite sure to be honest.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

WorkThinkCameraSayNeverAct

I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 13.

Deirdre O'Kane

AgeActressKnewWanted

The really hard moment was when my dad said, 'Honey, if an agent is telling you to lose weight, then maybe you should lose weight.' I was 15, standing in our living room, having a moment I will never forget. I never had a parent tell me to lose weight, and it hurt.

Ashley Graham

MomentMeHurtParentYouLose

The future is today.

William Osler

FutureToday

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

Prince William

WorkTimeCookingBackLazyWant

We make it easy for anyone to get free resources. Anyone can launch an idea for five minutes. Anyone can comment on, add, and enhance the idea. Need a designer? We provide an entrepreneurial matching system without the bosses getting involved. And in terms of unstructured time, we have a permission for that.

Scott Cook

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