Virginia Postrel Quotes

On the Net, the bell curve reclaims its tails. The uncommon is as accessible as the common. The very fragmentation of the Internet allows us to find ourselves in other people - and to know that we are not alone.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AlonePeopleInternetFindKnowUs

I'd like to be able to design as easily as if I was using Photoshop. I'd like to be able to create a multicolumn layout and control source order without having to do advanced mathematics or hire Eric Meyer or Dan Cederholm to figure out the CSS, because I can't.

Jeffrey Zeldman

MathematicsControlDesignCreate

But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real.

Jemima Kirke

GoodArtSeeingBadPhiladelphia

Life got very good - we went from living in a one-bedroom apartment to a five-bedroom mansion by the time I was in high school. I had everything I wanted growing up, though all I wanted was music stuff - drums, a PC, turntables.

Anderson Paak

LifeGoodMusicTimeSchoolLiving

I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.

Jean Racine

ManI AmMeNothingMatterAm

Music is a form of prayer.

Toru Takemitsu

MusicPrayerForm

'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not an automatic thing that, if you make a good movie, everyone wants to see it.

Robert Zemeckis

GoodSadYouNewsHandOffice

I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was dressing up and shouting for a living - which, of course, it isn't.

Michelle Gomez

ThoughtActingLivingBrightUp

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

Jon Huertas

WaitMake It HappenSomeoneYouWant

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

LifeBeautyLightTogetherEarlyUs

I don't like to use the words 'real women,' honestly. I like to use the word 'woman.' And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman, it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people.

Ashley Graham

WomenWomanWordsPeopleStartSay

I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There's something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that's really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette.

Tyler Perry

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Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Thomas Huxley

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