Karen Thompson Walker Quotes

Shortly after the 2004 Indonesian earthquake, I read that the earthquake had affected the rotation of the earth, shortening the length of our 24-hour day. Even though the change was extremely slight - only a few microseconds - I found the idea incredibly haunting.

Karen Thompson Walker

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ChangeDayEarthEarthquakeIdea

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Jim Rohn

ProcessBetterGivingBecauseStarts

Sometimes the only way to win is to die trying.

Joe Jonas

WinDieTryingSometimesWayOnly

I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen.

Joe Eszterhas

ChangeIdiotWayWriteScreenSure

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

Jerome K. Jerome

LoveMoving OnLove IsGoThrough

There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.

John Dickey

MoreHumanCombinationThan

Well I was on the one hand, the more I played the guitar the more I began to really love the guitar and to love virtually any kind of music that anybody played well on guitar.

John Fahey

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This is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it.

Matt Taibbi

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I'm interested in psychology and how your surroundings can influence your character, and because of that, I think I try and take the very best from a situation, good or bad, and constantly work on myself.

Mia Goth

WorkGoodCharacterMyselfBestBad

War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.

Ludwig von Mises

WarResultWealthNeverEconomic

Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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There's, you know, there's an ideology behind Ultron that makes him more unique that just a bad guy. He doesn't wanna just kill the Avengers. He doesn't wanna just destroy the world. He has these monologues and these beautiful speeches that kind of embody a certain mentality about what's wrong with humanity.

Chris Evans

BeautifulWorldHumanityYouBad

You'd be surprised how inspired you'll be when you go into a different store than the one you normally go to for gifts.

Phoebe Cates

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