Clive Thompson Quotes

A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.

Clive Thompson

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This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing.

Joe Lieberman

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When I was an undergrad at Stanford, there was a girl named Jennie Kim who worked for the school newspaper. Sometimes people would come up to me and talk to me about articles she had written. 'That one on getting a Brazilian was hilarious', some guy said, high-fiving me.

Jenny Zhang

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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

John Dryden

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This is America, where everything is still possible.

John Edwards

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I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.

Andre Leon Talley

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When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.

Lois Lowry

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It's kind of stupid that people think I'm just partying all the time.

Donald Cerrone

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I signed a contract to fight at UFC 187, so I'm going to fight at UFC 187, whoever it is against. It's the same thing.

Donald Cerrone

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An important event in my scientific life has been my appointment as a Professor at the College de France in 1973.

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji

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You're never going to please everyone, and if you do, there's something wrong.

Constance Wu

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I started practicing Yoga at about 18. I had a friend who was doing it and was incredibly disciplined and meditated all the time.

Christy Turlington

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My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity.

Scott Thompson

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