Tom Wujec Quotes

As technology progresses, and as it advances, many of us assume that these advances make us more intelligent, make us smarter and more connected to the world. And what I'd like to argue is that that's not necessarily the case, as 'progress' is simply a word for change, and with change you gain something, but you also lose something.

Tom Wujec

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 14, 1959

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To say it very honestly, removed from ego, standup is just a thing that I understood, a God-given ability.

Jerrod Carmichael

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We're in the business of using real emotions to bring pretend emotions to life.

John Lithgow

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With 'Futurama,' I was just worried that somebody would beat us to it; it seemed so obvious that there should be an animated science fiction show set in the future. And one of the reasons why it's not, I learned, is that it's really, really difficult.

Matt Groening

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We can't allow our leaders to play the old 'do as I say, not as I do' game.

Mike Medavoy

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It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

Domhnall Gleeson

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The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day. He was his usual gregarious and gracious self - with beaming smile and booming voice wishing my husband and me good luck with our pregnancy and expressing his excitement about the new president.

Christine Pelosi

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Now, everyone in movies is always rich, and they're always beautiful and graceful-looking.

Colin Trevorrow

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One of the most interesting things that I'm seeing of the Trump picks is such a heavy business and financial focus. I can't help but feel like this is going to throw a lot of policy weight and details back to Congress, because these are not people who have a lot of experience drafting legislation.

Austan Goolsbee

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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Pythagoras

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In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

Phaedrus

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There's no longer a monolithic evil empire somewhere, spreading a different philosophy of life. That doesn't exist.

Seth Gordon

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If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.

Richard Hamming

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