Steven Johnson Quotes

What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse networks of other individuals. If you put yourself in an environment with lots of different perspectives, you yourself are going to have better, sharper, more original ideas. It's not that the network is smart.

Steven Johnson

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The Internet is king. Newspapers are dead or dying. Magazines are shrinking every day. Ad budgets are being cut. The bottom line is now the only line in advertising.

Jerry Della Femina

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When I see a friend play Hamlet or see an inspirational performance, I absolutely get excited by the idea of changing things up.

Andrew Lincoln

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One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Maya Angelou

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We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.

Mike Krzyzewski

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I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right.

Julia Child

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Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

Judith Martin

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Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

Jose Aldo

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Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.

Peter Storey

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Don't ever give up. You gotta keep trying, and never give up.

Ryan Sheckler

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All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion; and I felt something like indecision.

Maria Monk

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