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W. Daniel Hillis Quotes

A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're sick, something's gone wrong with that conversation.

W. Daniel Hillis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: inventor
Nationality: american
Birth: September 25, 1956

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Sick Grow Die You Conversation Body

When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, 'This is gonna be the moment that's gonna change everything. Everybody is gonna see me a different way.'

Joan Smalls

Change Great Moment Me Think You

A good fart joke makes me bawl with laughter, so will somebody farting. And the word 'poo.' You can't beat a good poo joke.

Jenny Eclair

Good Laughter Me You Will Beat

What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the darkness that's akin to one of the principal subjects of the sublime - terror.

Anish Kapoor

Darkness Me Principal Within Carry

I think every director's different. Every director's got his own style. I mean, when I directed, I basically just screamed for eight hours a day, twelve hours a day.

Michael Biehn

Style Day Think Mean Director Own

My favourite writer is John Maxwell Coetzee.

Amitava Kumar

Writer Favourite Maxwell John

All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to put it back together again, with a lot of help. But he bore total responsibility.

Steven Spielberg

Responsibility Together Constitution

Redistricting and a broken, polarized Congress have made it tough to be a moderate in Congress.

Mike Ross

Broken Tough Congress Made Moderate

A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.

Jules Verne

Man Rest Worth Mankind Homage Who

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

Dolly Parton

I Am Gay First Out Be The First Am

I listen to all types of music, but big rock records are the ones that, in the walk-up, make me wonder, 'What's this next set going to sound like?'

Dierks Bentley

Music Me Wonder Rock Listen Sound

I think of feedback as constructive, not positive or negative. You choose to do what you want with it.

Denise Morrison

Positive Negative Think You Choose

My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family.

Bobby Clarke

Family Diabetes She Aunt Turn Who