- Common Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things Quotes
The little word that covers everything.
"Things" is a catch-all, and the quotes collected here reflect that — a former mathematician recalling early academic interests, artists describing what inspires them, and honest admissions about not knowing what you want to become. For more on that last theme, see Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
- Irrational
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the irrational things that interest me.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 20 and 30, my visions for what the world would be, all things were possible.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
The team that I had built was all white dudes with the same perspective on things that was at times comfortable and easy, but we weren't as innovative as our competitors.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.
- Ghraib
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things like Abu Ghraib and even Guantanamo are not new things: there are many precedents.
- Different Countries
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I'm fascinated by as a traveler is watching how different countries control how they let the world encounter them.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020