Ellen Ullman Quotes

Our Constitution is designed to change very slowly. It's a feature, not a bug.

Ellen Ullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Sometimes literary critics review the book they wanted you to write, not the book you wrote, and that's very irksome.

Jim Harrison

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Viewers make online requests to their favorite video-making whisperers to do the things that trigger their head tingles. Everyone's needs are different. It's like an interactive choose-your-own-adventure.

Andrea Seigel

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The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.

Matthew Sweet

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I would watch movies on the couch in my house. If I saw a scene played by a woman or a man - it doesn't matter - a scene I really liked, I would right away run to the mirror and repeat it.

Ana de Armas

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Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance, career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it's good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide.

Simon Mainwaring

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I'm satisfied it's very black, meaning 'in the black'.

Robert Conrad

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The U.S., France, Germany and Canada have all responded to the financial crisis by boosting rather than cutting their science funding. The U.K. has not.

Martin Rees

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Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.

Jonathan Lethem

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Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.

William Shenstone

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The realization that I may have only a few good years remaining has hit me with real force, and I have done a lot of thinking as a result. I would like to have come up with something profound, but I haven't.

Nora Ephron

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I'm really looking at questions of power, navigation, and spin. Then I am also looking for real-world stories that give me greater insight into smart and new ways of thinking.

Noreena Hertz

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