Paul Allen Quotes

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

Paul Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 21, 1953 - October 15, 2018

Topics

TechnologyScienceBestInteresting

I would say if you want to write, write what you care about. I think that's the most important thing. I think if you write what you care about, you stand a better chance of having the reader care about your story.

Jerry Spinelli

ChanceStoryThinkStandBetterYou

The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?

Jeremy Paxman

PeopleOwnershipTelevisionTaxWhy

The thought processes that go through my head when I'm playing a game compared to the thought processes in real life are very, very different. And they're more interesting to me than what you think about when you're doing the dishes, cleaning the yard, watching TV, driving or watching a movie.

John Romero

LifeMeGameThinkThoughtDriving

It is my belief CAFTA will be beneficial for Alabama and the United States as a whole.

Spencer Bachus

WillBeliefAlabamaUnitedWhole

I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.

Rob Paulsen

LoveStarsBusinessLuckyEmployment

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together.

Mary Oliver

WalkTogetherI AmTryingToo Much

I think most big stars do have just a certain amount of mystery; you don't know everything.

Miranda Otto

StarsThinkMysteryYouKnowBig

Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.

Joyce Meyer

HabitLongYouBadThings Happen

In terms of so-called fly-on-the-wall documentaries, there's a claim that the camera is a transparent window into a pre-existing reality. What really is happening is that the film crew and the subjects are collaborating to simulate a reality in which they pretend the camera is not present.

Joshua Oppenheimer

WindowPresentRealityCameraFilm

I don't tend to write straight dramas where real life just impinges. But because I don't, when I do, it is very interesting to slap people in the face with just an absolute of life.

Joss Whedon

LifePeopleFaceInterestingWrite

For me, it's always a failure of the imagination. I have that anxiety that time is passing, that everything is ultimately fleeting and impermanent. I better take advantage of every single moment.

Jason Silva

FailureTimeMomentImaginationMe

I'm content with life, and I'm finally at that place where I feel relaxed and can really enjoy what's going on around me.

Christina Aguilera

LifeMeFeelEnjoyPlaceContent

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