Brewster Kahle Quotes

My background really comes from geekdom and the idea of building a smart machine. If we're going to build a smart machine, let's have it read good books.

Brewster Kahle

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When I stopped looking at food as a reward or a celebration and began looking at food as energy to fuel my athletic ambitions, that really kind of changed the whole world for me. That was the real 'aha!' moment.

Joe Bastianich

FoodMomentMeWorldLookingEnergy

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

Joan Halifax

CompassionThinkYouSomethingUs

We need punk now; we need it more than ever. We need rebellion by youth.

John Cameron Mitchell

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I was raised watching sitcoms, and I love long-form comedy.

Jermaine Fowler

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My mother was very wary at first. And now she's come around 180 degrees. She's, like, one of my biggest fans now. Like, she'll come over to my house, and she'll be like, 'OK, listen. I need two T-shirts from the comedy show, and give me three DVDs. The neighbors are asking for them.'

Maz Jobrani

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I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life.

Amy Tan

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When I was 10 years old, I threw a bottle with a note in it in the ocean in Massachusetts, and Harrison Salisbury found it and contacted me. We began a correspondence that lasted for years, and I eventually met him when I was 18.

Amor Towles

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I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.

Stephen Daldry

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Drake could diss me 20,000 times, and I would never diss him. I'm a fan.

Tory Lanez

MeNeverHimWouldFanCould

If you have a game with your name on it, you have to learn how to play.

Tony Hawk

GameNameLearnYouPlayYour

I am an apologist for the reading brain. It represents a miracle that springs from the brain's unique capacity to rearrange itself to learn something new.

Maryanne Wolf

I AmBrainReadingLearnUniqueNew

I think the price of the food can totally alter the perception of it. If I know something is expensive and the ambience is fancy, the food just invariably tastes a little better - and I feel like I'm getting away with something. But I'm also bored by most 'fancy' food.

Lisa Hanawalt

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