W. Daniel Hillis Quotes

People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself as a communications medium.

W. Daniel Hillis

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PeopleComputersInternetAttention

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

Jessica Simpson

CourageThinkNot KnowingDumbAsk

I start every morning at 7 or 7:30 in the same place - my little office where it's dark and cozy - with a cup of the same really strong black coffee. It's my little cocoon. There's no phone or fax or Internet. And no music.

John Grisham

MusicMorningCoffeeStartStrong

Actually, that's one of the things I was thinking about writing a story about me, loosely based or autobiographical. I just don't want to be like some people that are in their twenties and writing autobiographies.

Matthew McGrory

PeopleMeWritingStoryThinking

People don't realize enough how important and influentical John Carpenter has been in electronic music. He did his soundtracks by himself, using mostly electronic and analog synthesizers. He's a cult figure with DJs these days for good reasons.

Jean-Michel Jarre

GoodMusicPeopleEnoughImportant

Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences.

Michael Arrington

GovernmentUnderstandingRulesWay

Being that I was raised in the Catholic faith, I am very careful about what I choose. I've turned down a lot of projects that... could have helped me a lot financially, and I've quit shows because of where they were going and because I feel like I have to be a role model for my kids.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

FaithI AmMeFeelChooseDown

My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me.

Tony Parsons

FamilyMorningPeopleMeCareBad

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

Robin Zander

GoodSayingPlantRememberYou

What's fascinating to me is the way that multiple stories go into creating any world - a fictional world, but certainly the world that we live in as well. Of course, I cannot control that world. I can just control the fictional world.

Ruth Ozeki

LiveMeControlWorldI CanGo

I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.

Michael Strahan

TimeTeamRoadGameThinkEnd

I'm not looking for people to put that vote on me to be prom king of the UFC.

Demetrious Johnson

KingPeopleMeLookingVoteProm

I'm having way too much fun on 'The Walking Dead.'

Corey Hawkins

FunWalkingToo MuchWayDeadMuch

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