Karl Schroeder Quotes

Andy Clark has several books you can find on Amazon, including 'Natural Born Cyborgs' and 'Being There.' I particularly recommend 'Being There' to anybody who still thinks the Cartesian separation of mind and body should be taken seriously.

Karl Schroeder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 4, 1962

Topics

MindYouBodyFindBornBeing There

Yes, my pageant career was incredibly short. I started at 19 and was done at 21. I started by competing for Miss California Teen, which I wound up winning, and I literally just entered the contest on a whim!

Meagan Tandy

TeenWinningShortCareerDoneUp

I don't prejudge.

Sonia Sotomayor

LifeFatherMotherAngryMomKnow

I like to use the analogy of going to the gym. If you go to the gym and your goal is, 'I want to look just like David Beckham,' then that drives you to do certain things. You may never look like Beckham, but it is a goal. Cities need the same thing. They need a vision and a plan for their ideal physique.

Mitchell Joachim

VisionPlanYouGymLookGoal

I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you.

David Sedaris

GoodPeopleThinkYouAlwaysPolicy

I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write anything down because you're going to end up coming back and re-writing it later. Whereas, if you write when you're feeling something, when you're really in the streak, then that's when you're going to get your best stuff.

Corey Taylor

MyselfBestEndYouBackDown

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

Bob Woodward

MyselfTryingInformationOutHours

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Anne Frank

CharacterPowerLieGreatnessPeople

I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can cover the result is infuriating.

Anne Lamott

SmallForestMediaResultGossip

I wasn't into going to college for four years and that whole dorm thing. I had such an aversion to it. It's an extended vacation, isn't it?

Sherilyn Fenn

VacationCollegeYearsGoingFour

Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.

Shakira

YouCryOutBecauseReasonsRunning

I think we really do need deaf people out there writing their own shows.

Nyle DiMarco

PeopleWritingThinkDeafNeedOut

Public anger over bank bailouts was as much about fairness as the billions of dollars spent.

Nina Easton

AngerFairnessBankOverMuchAbout

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