Virginia Postrel Quotes

There's a popular saying that the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. Desire and innovation will trump policy, the argument goes, as clever programmers circumvent controls.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

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Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie.

Jodie Foster

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But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

John Fogerty

BeautifulSimpleThinkHarmonyLike

People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.

John Michael Higgins

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I play fantasy basketball and fantasy football, soccer.

Andy Murray

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I feel like bands should be growing, living, functioning entities and to crystallize a band into a single album, and for that to be a touchstone - I understand it from a fan's perspective but I also feel like it's a little bit misleading in terms of the way bands actually function.

Steve Albini

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In simple terms, I realised that food is the most fundamental need for a person. In difficult economic times, people's priorities change, and they might be willing to do something that secures for them the lowest possible weekly food bill.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

ChangeFoodSimplePeoplePriorities

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.

Sue Monk Kidd

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No genre of music is better than another, whether it's country, hip-hop, trap, classical, whatever. It's all music.

Stromae

MusicBetterCountryHip-HopTrap

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician.

Toots Thielemans

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From all the years that I've been in the business, you know that ballads are what impact. Mid-tempos are great, you can sell some records on 'em, but when it comes down to it, ballads are the meat-and-potatoes on the album.

Tracy Lawrence

BusinessGreatImpactYouDownKnow

I like endings that let your imagination do a lot of the work.

Matt Bomer

WorkImaginationLikeYourEndings

Donald Trump tells us that he is very, very smart. I'm afraid that when it comes to foreign policy, he is very, very not smart.

Mitt Romney

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