Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

New technologies are wreaking havoc on employment figures - from EZpasses ousting toll collectors to Google-controlled self-driving automobiles rendering taxicab drivers obsolete.

Douglas Rushkoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

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NewEmploymentDriversTechnologies

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.

Jensen Ackles

FatherMyselfJobSchoolMeWeek

Why should we make our constituents wait on job growth?

Stephen Fincher

GrowthJobWaitWhyOurShould

I've always been interested in music. In high school, I did a lot of musical theater, and I loved it.

Rosanna Pansino

MusicSchoolHigh SchoolLovedHigh

A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way.

Judith Tarr

BabyFindWayInspirationTellOwn

I really wanted to be Ambassador to Argentina.

Jorge M. Perez

AmbassadorArgentinaWantedReally

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.

Dolly Parton

StrengthWomenThinkAmericaLiving

As for my stand, I think it has become difficult in our country to be a Hindu and a liberal at the same time.

Anupam Kher

TimeThinkStandCountryBecome

Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.

Anthony Foxx

BaseballSeeHappenWouldAbsolutely

Many people have told me that my books read like novels. Perhaps this is because, when I write, I feel I am really there, so strong is my feeling for my subject. On occasion, I have been so moved by the events I have been describing that I have felt like crying.

Alison Weir

I AmPeopleMeStrongFeelFeeling

For someone like me, who as a kid could not have two people in front of me without wanting to hide, to end up on stage with a lot of people in front of me, feeling good, it has to be a strange and special place.

Sylvie Guillem

GoodPeopleMeEndSomeoneHide

I was really scared of the devil growing up: I was convinced I was going to be possessed.

Perfume Genius

Growing UpDevilGrowingUpScared

When the NBA adopted their uniform that they had to wear, I thought that was very interesting. And you see the way NBA players dress: It's very cool.

Tom Brady

DressCoolThoughtInterestingYou

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