Robin Sloan Quotes

The stimulation I get from my phone does not feel like the opposite of boredom to me. It actually feels like a different flavor of boredom... a twitchier flavor. And sometimes, it's almost more irritation than stimulation. It's an itch.

Robin Sloan

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The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

John Grierson

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Socialism means slavery.

John Dalberg-Acton

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The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn.

John Eisenhower

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My dad's family is part British and Austrian, and my mother's family is from Goa, which is in the south of India. I looked different from everyone else, which now is such a blessing. It was harder at the beginning of my career.

Meaghan Rath

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Barack Obama would never accept a court in Mexico decreeing what the law in the United States would be.

Michael Gove

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Sometimes the most excruciating experiences in rehearsals and performances yield the most beautiful work.

Roger Rees

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When I was in Grade 9, there was an election for high school president, and one of the candidates told us that if we elected him, he would abolish homework. He promised this to the entire student body from the stage in the school gymnasium.

Martin O'Malley

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Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It's just that constant strangeness. I think it's a very real thing.

Jason Schwartzman

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Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time.

Claire Danes

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I go to McDonald's every day. But I don't eat much.

Brandy Norwood

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I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I think that's my place to do that.

Phoebe Robinson

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The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington.

Pete Rozelle

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