Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices - even a lifestyle brand.

Douglas Rushkoff

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GreatJobAdvertisingComputers

Being able to stay with a character over the course of years is a gift.

Jennifer Hale

CharacterGiftOverYearsStayAble

I had family in Carolina who were very hood and talked differently in this sort of Southern cadence.

John David Washington

FamilyHoodSouthernWhoDifferently

Sometimes I get frustrated in traffic. I typically start going deep with my cab driver and Twitter feed - simultaneously - to take my mind off the gridlock. I enjoy live-tweeting my cab rides.

Andy Cohen

MindStartDeepEnjoySometimesGet

'End strength' - the total number of government employees you can have at the end of the year. That's a separate exercise and requires independent energy, independent effort with the Congress to get the ceiling of your government employees raised.

Michael Hayden

StrengthGovernmentEffortEnergy

The greatest records in the world were made without going to Auto-tune or Pro Tools, or having some click track. If they could do it, why can't we? Something's been lost in music. It's all been over-produced, squashed down, totally compressed.

Michael Buble

MusicWorldToolsDownLostWhy

Latin women are very comfortable with their bodies and their sexuality. We aren't afraid to show that off a little bit more.

Sofia Vergara

WomenComfortableMoreAfraidLittle

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Rita Mae Brown

BestSufferingThinkFriendsYou

'Spinal Tap' influenced me, I think, specifically in making me really pay attention to tone.

Jay Chandrasekhar

MeThinkAttentionPay AttentionPay

We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.

Janette Turner Hospital

RideWorldThreeTwoFiveOnly

In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they were unable to claim any sort of identity. Others I met found who they truly were, and they generally found it through service to others. They became teachers when there was no school, books or pencils.

Deborah Ellis

ServiceSchoolIdentityPeopleWorld

I have never been much of a painter.

Christian Marclay

NeverBeenPainterMuch

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

Anne Lamott

WantSpecialSomethingPlain

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