Clive Thompson Quotes

The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique, lovely design.

Clive Thompson

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DesignGeniusUniqueCheapLovely

The Comedy Store in LA, it's a really loose room and it's really dark and creepy and a great place to explore your own thoughts onstage.

Joe Rogan

GreatThoughtsComedyDarkPlace

I haven't got time in my life to do all the things I should be doing, like running and dieting and decorating my house, buying some furniture.

Jennifer Saunders

LifeTimeMy LifeDoingHouseGot

The best organizations are filled with people who have a wealth of choices as to what work they choose to do. We need to give them every reason possible to solve the world's problems.

Andrew Yang

WorkBestPeopleWorldChoicesNeed

When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.

Andrea Martin

CanadaOutStartedCommercialsDid

I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle and conflict.

Anderson Cooper

StruggleI AmConflictWorldPlaces

I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.

Rod Stewart

I AmPeopleBelieveFindKnowShy

When people think of digital diplomacy, they think of government tweeting. It is not what it is. That is public diplomacy.

Jared Cohen

GovernmentPeopleThinkDigital

I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.

Bobby Heenan

CheatingKnowSuccessfulMarriages

It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he.

William Least Heat-Moon

CharacterBookGenderYouPageShe

Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too.

Prince Andrew

MotherMeSomeoneTalkingKnowTalk

Watching children grow up, you learn a lot about life and about being a better person - you learn a lot about what's really important in the world and what isn't.

Sharon Stone

LifeChildrenWorldBetter Person

Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.

Timothy Radcliffe

ThinkingNewMoralityWayNew Way

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