William Gibson Quotes
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.
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Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.
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Some people dote on contemplating disasters.