Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Like the diminishing beauty returns for a facially paralyzed Botox addict, the more forcefully we attempt to stop the passage of time, the less available we are to the very moment we seek to preserve.

Douglas Rushkoff

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BeautyTimeMomentStopMoreSeek

Connecting with the kids is a great joy for me. I love meeting them backstage or at a signing event. I am overwhelmed when I meet kids who struggle with terminal illnesses.

Jodi Benson

LoveGreatStruggleI AmJoyMe

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

Andrew Bird

MeJustSongsDissatisfactionTinker

The people I write are real to me, and basically, they tell me about their environments on a need-to-know basis.

Ann Aguirre

PeopleMeWriteRealTellAbout

I never thought I would get so much support, and it means the world to me. Nothing could ever get better than that.

Stipe Miocic

SupportMeWorldThoughtBetterGet

Oh, I'm impressed with Lorraine Hansberry. She was a genius at whose feet I could sit.

Ruby Dee

FeetGeniusSheSitWhoseImpressed

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Milan Kundera

AttitudeRespectViewMoralMercy

If you're going to document your own journey, the jokes work better in the first person, just like the stories do.

Jason Isbell

WorkJourneyBetterYouPersonOwn

My high-school years were so mediocre - I moved out when I was 16 and started living with my girlfriend who was 10 years older. Apart from that, I was just a video nerd.

Jason Reitman

LivingYearsGirlfriendOutStarted

I'm amazed by the ground that I covered. The music's the number-one thing. And if it isn't, you better quit now.

Bobby Womack

MusicBetterYouNowQuitGround

The two cultures of East and West are very different, and the priorities are very different. So when you understand that - if you are from this side or this side - when you understand that the other is different than you, and you respect these differences, you can build communication.

Ashraf Barhom

CommunicationRespectPrioritiesYou

I'm often saddened and dismayed to see myself portrayed as either a Luddite or as a raving technophile. I've always thought that my job was to be as anthropologically neutral about emerging technologies as possible.

William Gibson

MyselfJobThoughtPossibleSee

As parents, it is our responsibility to show by example and educate our children on the importance of caring for our planet.

Penny Lancaster

ChildrenResponsibilityCaringPlanet

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