Nick Denton Quotes

The idea of harnessing the intelligence of the readership has been lost in the quest for Facebook likes. For many, readers have become synonymous with hateful commenters. It's time for a renewed push to realize some of the original dreams of the web.

Nick Denton

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DreamsTimeIntelligencePushLost

Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.

John Barrow

MusicDisappointmentExhilaration

The way to write really good songs is to write about the things that happen in your life and where you are in the moment, and writing about stuff that happens in your 30s is not the sexiest song subject.

Jens Lekman

LifeGoodMomentWritingSongYou

You'll find that no pride is greater than the pride that comes with being thick. Britain is filled with people who are really proud of their stupidity.

Andrew O'Hagan

StupidityPeopleProudPrideYou

I appreciate my time in the gym.

Melanie Roach

TimeAppreciateGymMy Time

I don't wear pants, or like them; I'm a Jewish woman who's made the decision to wear skirts, so I wear mostly skirts past the knee.

Mayim Bialik

DecisionWomanPastPantsJewish

If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else.

Tom Wilkinson

StoryYouGoNeedInspirationWell

In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time.

Lisa Jewell

TimeFashionBlurUpGotCaught

Some people trust an insurance company over the government, while others trust the government over insurance companies.

Jared Polis

TrustGovernmentPeopleInsurance

Delay is preferable to error.

Thomas Jefferson

DelayErrorPreferable

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

Thomas Carlyle

LifeMusicDayDanceWorldYou

I love watching Billy Bob, just as a punter anyway. I like his work. But working with him is really easy and really straight-forward. He's immediately good. He doesn't have to work up to it. He doesn't make your life difficult. He listens. He's a very good listener, in terms of his acting.

Martin Freeman

LifeWorkLoveGoodEasyActing

I'm a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don't take one and just work them to death.

Lincoln Davis

WorkDeathPeopleFarmBoyNeed

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