People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.
Binyavanga Wainaina
Recitation: by Male by Female
It wasn't until I got to college and had a lot of my ego beaten out of me... That's when I started to turn to literature as something deeper than a way to put up points.
Jesse Andrews
CollegeMeEgoLiteratureWayTurn
Like, to do a pilot, you don't know what's going to happen with it.
Jenna Elfman
YouKnowPilotHappenGoingLike
I am glad that I do not have any children.
Anna Freud
ChildrenI AmGladAnyAm
With Akismet, there was an interesting dilemma. Is it for the good of the world Akismet being secret and being more effective against spammers, versus it being open and less effective?
Matt Mullenweg
GoodWorldInterestingMoreSecret
Acting is always a challenge.
Robert Downey, Jr.
ChallengeActingAlways
Campaigning against religion can be socially counter-productive. If teachers take the uncompromising line that God and Darwinism are irreconcilable, many young people raised in a faith-based culture will stick with their religion and be lost to science.
Martin Rees
GodScienceCultureReligionPeople
Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance.
Michael Shermer
ConfidenceFocusDataBiasBeing
With voice-over, you have to pretend like you're three, except you can talk and read.
Molly Quinn
YouThreeTalkPretendLikeRead
We live in a disposable society. We throw so much away. But it doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations' lives.
Julia Butterfly Hill
FutureLiveSocietyPlanetNowhere
I don't think that because you die and move on to somewhere else that you lose your sense of humor.
Peter Jackson
HumorThinkDieYouLoseMove On
Charm, I think, is education, really, no? I was educated to be nice to everybody. If you want to be rude and mean, I'm sure your life isn't that nice.
Mario Testino
LifeEducationThinkYouBe Nice
I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die.
Kristin Hersh
TimeDieOverNextNext TimeJust
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