Perry Chen Quotes

I remember early on, in the first couple of years especially, I would run into some people that would try to put Kickstarter under the 'social good' label. And I actually had this very visceral reaction - I just didn't like that at all.

Perry Chen

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I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist.

Jim Crace

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I love my community. I love always being able to come back and have a home.

Jesmyn Ward

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I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV.

Jenny Eclair

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I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine for diaries. But when you're writing for anyone other than yourself, you want to get as universal as possible.

Andrew Vachss

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I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.

John Perry Barlow

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Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.

Michael Leunig

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I find many drawbacks of myself. But, each time when I visit Lourdes, I receive a lesson of reconciliation. When you see ill people or invalids around, you realize that it is a sin to complain!

Mireille Mathieu

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You can't be seen in your mid-40s wearing leather pants. No leather pants anymore.

Scott Weiland

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And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.

Thomas Reid

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My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.

Ken Adam

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Consumer electronics is a challenging one.

Kevin Rollins

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Strong is beautiful. I want to shatter that stereotype that strong isn't beautiful, because it absolutely is.

Hilary Knight

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