- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Ready
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not saying everybody has to walk around with a six-shooter, but they have to be prepared. You don't have to be militarized, but you have to be ready.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the countryside, litter doesn't have a friend. It doesn't have anybody who's saying, 'Wait a minute, this is really starting to get out of control.'
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only diversity in the Brits is with the Americans. I've been saying this for a while: for our country to do good, we need to embrace our country.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can remember watching other Canadians make their big breakouts and saying, 'Hey Mom, when is it going to happen for me?'
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a message from a little girl just saying that she's starting to play tennis because of me. That was pretty amazing.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs were probably saying something I wouldn't have agreed with at all. But I was so glad to see women marching. And it's happening all over the world.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst story I ever wrote was after the conviction of Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay. My co-author and I wrote a piece for 'Fortune' saying everything's going to be different now.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in the last days of philosophy.' Then we were told in the '60s it would be replaced by sociology, then by literary criticism.
- Belong
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where do I really belong? I avoid saying everywhere - which switches all too easily to nowhere. Instead, when pressed, I call myself a fractalist.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started using my blog to get information about cities I was about to visit, asking followers what the main problems there were. Many mentioned misconduct of politicians and other things I wanted to talk about during my shows. Then, before a show in one city, local politicians called saying they would sue if I said something unpleasant.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I drew the last image ever of Opus at midnight while Puccini was playing and I got rather stupid. Thirty years. A bit like saying goodbye to a child - which is ironic because I was never, never sentimental about him as many of his fans were.
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020