Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Marketers use big data profiling to predict who is about to get pregnant, who is likely to buy a new car, and who is about to change sexual orientations. That's how they know what ads to send to whom. The NSA, meanwhile, wants to know who is likely to commit an act of terrorism - and for this, they need us.

Douglas Rushkoff

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College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

Jerry Kramer

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A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.

Andrei Platonov

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Growing up, I remember the 'Cheers' finale and 'M*A*S*H' and all these amazing finales, and I remember them being very, very important.

John Krasinski

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Orthodox chanting is non-emotional; it's very monotone.

Troy Polamalu

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In L.A., we have a saying - 'What do you do?' It's less of a question and more of a self-defense mechanism for wayward screenwriters looking to slip you a first draft, or the occasional actor looking to get in on the latest shoot. But I hate the question because of my own answer - I write about games.

Rob Manuel

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It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home.

Mary Kay Blakely

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Bill Polian and I agreed when we first came together with the Buffalo Bills that we'd bring players only of high character to the team.

Marv Levy

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Some of those 10, nine-year vets, they know some things that your typical college senior wouldn't. I've come across some guards in the NFL that know how to use their hands better than D-linemen in college. I guess they've learned from their enemies.

Mike Daniels

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The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.

Mitt Romney

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I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that.

Joss Whedon

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I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff.

Joseph Fiennes

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Both of our daughters, Debbie and Bonnie, are also cancer survivors.

David Wilkerson

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