"The promise of the Internet-as-Alexandria is more than the rolling plenitude of information. It's the ability of individuals to choreograph that information in idiosyncratic ways, the hope that individuals might feel invited by the gravitational pull of a broad and open commons to 'rip, mix, and burn' - to curate."

-- Gideon Lewis-Kraus

#Rip Quotes #Promise Quotes #Information Quotes

“James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.”
“And learn that the best thing is To change my loves while dancing And pay but a kiss for a kiss.”
“There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.”
“I'm constantly thinking about design, shapes, patterns and colors, so I just want to be more of a blank canvas. But there is a comfort in knowing what you're going to wear, and that probably comes from Catholic school, where I wore a uniform for 10 years.”
“From a magical point of view, the term 'nonviolence' doesn't work well. Every beginning Witch learns that you can't cast a spell for what you don't want - that the deep aspects of our minds are unclear on the concept of 'no.' If you tell your dog, 'Rover, I can't take you for a walk,' Rover hears 'Walk!' and runs for the door. If we say 'nonviolence,' we are still thinking in terms of violence.”
“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.”

Source : T.S. Eliot (1950). “The Cocktail Party”
“If it doesn't work horizontally as prose... it probably won't work any better vertically pretending to be poetry.”

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