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Tim O'Reilly Quotes

Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic? Lindbergh. Who was the second? No idea.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: irish
Birth: June 6, 1954

Topics

Fly Person First Idea Who Second

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

Music Culture Better Entertainment

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

John Frusciante

People Expectations Meeting Pleasing

I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error.

Creating Software Room Error Like

Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic.

Robert Rodriguez

Freedom Money People Me You Looks

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.

Life Work Love Good Home Great

The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Mother Week Television Young Awkward

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.'

Family God Peace Death Story You

My own daughter is a big fan of the 'Twilight' stories, the books.

Daughter My Own Twilight Own Big

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

Interesting Find Turn Out Nonfiction

It's very complicated when you are reorganizing territories under different ministries. We have to get them all together and transfer jurisdictions. It's a bureaucratic slalom course we have to ski through, but it can be done.

Douglas Tompkins

Together You Complicated Done Get

My parents had the plan for my life from the moment my mother tested positive with me. Looking back now, I'd say the hard turn for me was when I left school after the eighth grade to play tennis full time and study some with a travelling tutor.

Life Positive Mother Time Moment Me

Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that it's basically impossible to use text to show that.

Learning Impossible Write First Tie

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