Clay Shirky Quotes

The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive is to bee life. Though the hive is not part of any individual bee, it is part of the colony, both shaped by and shaping the lives of its inhabitants.

Clay Shirky

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LifeBeeSocietyToolsCreateHuman

I never liked Queen. I can honestly say I hated Queen and everything that they did.

Robert Smith

QueenI CanSayNeverEverything

In my humble opinion, propaganda is one of the most evil tools humans have used against humans throughout history to justify wars, justify atrocities, justify evil. ISIS has taken it to a new extreme.

Matthew Heineman

HistoryHumbleEvilOpinionTools

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

Matt Groening

TeacherAngryPeopleDrawingYouGo

No, I did not offer to resign for a second.

Michael Isikoff

OfferSecondDidResign

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.

Jean M. Auel

MeIdeasResearchStoryMoreGive

Audiences want to watch heroine-oriented films, and even writers are writing scripts for women. I am very happy to see this change.

Sridevi

ChangeWomenI AmHappyWritingSee

My dad has coached a long time, so there aren't too many conversations in my family that haven't centered around basketball.

Stan Van Gundy

FamilyTimeBasketballLongCentered

Candlestick was built on the water. It should have been built under it.

Roger Maris

WaterBeenBuiltShould

Living country is more about your values and beliefs than cowboy hats or living on a farm.

Jay DeMarcus

FarmHatsValuesCountryLiving

Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

HeartTraditionAttentionMeditation

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.

Domhnall Gleeson

WorkFatherBetterGetting BetterHe

People who know your work and know your personality, they know your strengths and weaknesses. A director like Guillermo del Toro, he knows more about me than I do. I trust him when he tells me what part I'm going to be playing in something, because he's envisioned that that can only be done by me. He knows it.

Doug Jones

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