Robin Sloan Quotes

Social systems have values - arguments baked into their design. For example, Twitter's core argument seems to be, 'Everything should be public, and messages should find the largest audience possible.' Snapchat's might be, 'Communication should be private and ephemeral.'

Robin Sloan

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Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It's always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

CharacterSpaceMeShyNeedKid

The first girl I kissed was a suburbanite.

Jeremy Sisto

GirlFirstKissed

As far as trying to analyze all the attention I received, I will leave that to others.

John Glenn

TryingAttentionWillOthersLeave

I don't really speak for anybody else's music, and I don't think I should, but I think the reason why people enjoy my music is because there's a level of honesty and transparency that people can connect and relate to.

Andy Mineo

MusicHonestyPeopleSpeakThink

From the time that I was a child, I loved interacting with people. I would go around door-to-door and sell candies and gift-wrapping paper, and it was a great way to interact with people and communicate with people.

Jeff Koons

GreatTimeChildPeopleLovedGo

In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.

Johnnie Cochran

FamilyTogetherPeopleThinkingWhy

The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

Stephen Hawking

FuturePastPossibilitiesSpectrum

True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are eager to believe that presidents manage to rise above the limitations that beset the rest of us.

Robert Dallek

ServiceBelieveRestRise AboveRise

I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.

Ritchie Blackmore

DoingLongDoneClassAirStage

The Taliban, broadly speaking, are Afghans - farmers, subsistence farmers. As I say, most of those people can't find the United States on the map. Al Qaeda, traditionally, are much more educated, middle-class people, often from Egypt, from Saudi Arabia, North Africa.

Rory Stewart

PeopleFindSayEgyptMapFarmers

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

InterestingBoredomAttentionYou

When I get asked for advice for a young person starting in the music business, I tell them, 'Play every chance you get, and be real lucky.'

Johnny Gimble

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