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John Perry Barlow Quotes

If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.

John Perry Barlow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 3, 1947 - February 7, 2018

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Ideas You Will Ignorant System Mass

A part of me was like, 'Man, do I even like doing this anymore?' That whole thing of 'I'm in my 30s, and I sing and write songs while people are fighting wars in Iraq.' You know? So everything had to have more meaning, and it couldn't just be about making money. So, I took a minute.

Maxwell

Money Man People Me Making Money

I know the commitment that TV requires but it's nice to come to work and have fun.

Michael Ealy

Work Commitment Fun Have Fun Nice

Had my dad not been short and fat and balding, there's no doubt his career would have been very different. But he could do lots of stuff and made a very good career out of it. He had an incredible work ethic because he lost his father when he was very young, and the family had to pull together.

Rory Kinnear

Work Family Good Father Together

In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me.

Lizzie Armitstead

Me Famous Person Important Anything

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Jean de la Bruyere

Character Alone Men Motive Actions

There is something about prosperity that brings out the worst in some people.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

People Prosperity Worst Some People

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

Don Cheadle

Growth Fun Joy Me Far Away Personal

I've failed way more than I've succeeded.

Daymond John

Way More Than Failed Succeeded

I would say growing up in Nashville has been a huge influence in my music. Growing up with my dad being a 2-time Grammy-winner, BMI songwriter of the year for five consecutive years in a row, and having the legacy he has is definitely a huge influence, too.

Chord Overstreet

Music Growing Up Influence Legacy Up

Being an All-Star is everything.

Allen Iverson

Everything Being All-Star

Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.

Sylvia Earle

Ignorance Ocean Greatest Something

The model I came up with in 1964 is just the invention of a rather strange sort of medium that looks the same in all directions and produces a kind of refraction that is a little bit more complicated than that of light in glass or water.

Peter Higgs

Light Water Looks Complicated Kind