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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone Quotes
On the someones who shape a moment.
This page includes praise for a steady presence who doesn't panic under pressure, and a note on a fictional character built to feel relatable even in impossible circumstances. For similar reflections, see Know.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have seen pain. I can feel the pain of those who undergo it. Pain gets transferred to those who see someone suffering.
- Project
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clearly communicate your project: Imagine explaining it to someone not familiar with tech.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If children know there is someone standing over them who knows all the answers, they are less inclined to find the answers for themselves.
- Nov 07, 2020
If someone gives you support, and there are no conditions attached, why shouldn't I accept it?
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not someone who will move away from home.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone wants to try to hit a spinner over mid-on, with the ball turning away from the blade, there is a chance of taking a wicket.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an assumption that my audience is all these bearded twats from Dalston. But actually, quite a lot of older people go. For them, it's like pre-alternative comedy, when there was Dave Allen or Jackie Mason or someone. Also, weirdly, because I don't really swear, they're not scared off.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
For someone who claimed to have found the true method for seeking reliable knowledge, it is remarkable how wrong Descartes was about so many aspects of nature.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't expect to like someone and then you do, that's an incredibly exciting moment.
- Loser
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a loser, a bad kid, I wasn't really into anything, and then someone gave me a camera and I found that this was the thing I wanted to do.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Steve Ballmer never used to be someone who let facts speak for themselves. In the 1990s, he was the hyper-energetic Microsoft exec yelling 'Developers! Developers! Developers!' at an all-hands meeting in Safeco field.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you call someone up on a mistake - if the drummer's put an extra beat in a bar or something - you have a lot more authority if you can show them how to do it right.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020