Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.

Barbara Kingsolver

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ExperienceMeBorderThinkLiving

The collision of mobile and social platforms and the need to build these companies from the ground up - whether it's a game, a healthcare application, an education application - building these from the ground up is what allows entrepreneurial activity to be unleashed.

Jim Breyer

EducationBuildingGameHealthcare

Books seem so much more - much more sacred to me, and more important and essential, than they were when I was young.

Jhumpa Lahiri

MeImportantYoungMoreSeemSacred

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

John Ortberg

LoveLovedYouKnowOnlySomebody

Saying that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.

Jean-Michel Jarre

FreedomSayingCareSpeechYouHide

Omelettes, I'd say, are my secret weapon in terms of diet: I love them, they're nice and easy to make, they're very nutritious, and they're low in carbs.

Michael Bisping

LoveDietEasyNiceSaySecret

I think that with these streaming shows, sometimes it takes a little time for everybody to - because they know they have time, you know it's up there - you'll get to it when you get to it. It sort of like, 'Oh, it's on my list.'

Amy Landecker

TimeThinkYouKnowSometimesUp

Being stuck in a rut can kill your creativity, stress you out, and zap your productivity. Doing the same thing over and over again causes your days to blend together.

Amy Morin

CreativityTogetherStressDoingYou

Avoid sloth, the mother of all vices!

Toussaint Louverture

MotherVicesSlothAvoid

I believe there is something going on in a conscious being, which includes many animals, as well as ourselves, that is not a computational activity. And to be conscious at all is not a quality that a computer as such will ever possess - no matter how complicated, no matter how well it plays chess or any of these things.

Roger Penrose

QualityBelieveComplicatedChess

I was in the garage fixin' things, and I'm like, what better project than building your own leg?

Mike Schultz

BuildingBetterProjectOwnLeg

I am incapable of speaking of myself and of my life and the states of my soul, I am discreet to an almost pathological degree, and there is nothing I can do against that.

Milan Kundera

LifeMyselfSoulI AmMy LifeI Can

If I fell down and hurt myself, I never cried. There was no one to hear me.

Louise Fletcher

MyselfMeHurtDownNeverHear

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