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“A precision of composition and figuration is what I'm working toward. I've always felt viewers should have an experience without having to ask what the hell is was about.”
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“When you zap things with light to build quantum computers, you're hacking existing systems. You're hijacking the computation that's already happening in the universe, just like a hacker takes over someone else's computer.”
Source : "Life, the Universe, and Everything". WIRED Interview, www.wired.com. March 1, 2006.
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“Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.”
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“Our character is basically a composite of our habits.”
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“[T]he presence of feminism in our lives is taken for granted. For our generation, feminism is like fluoride. We scarcely notice we have it - it's simply in the water.”
Source : Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards (2010). “Manifesta [10th Anniversary Edition]: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future”, p.17, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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“In time of war all countries behave equally badly, because the power of action is handed over to stupid and obstinate men.”
Source : "The Other Half: A Self Portrait". Book by Kenneth Clark, 1977.
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“That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke on a chicken bone that day. I'm serious.”
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“If you have no faith in yourself, then have faith in the things you call truth. You know what must be done. You may not have courage or trust or understanding or the will to do it, but you know what must be done. You can't turn back. There is now answer behind you. You fear what you cannot name. So look at it and find a name for it. Turn your face forward and learn. Do what must be done. -Deth to Morgon, Prince of Hed-”
Source : Patricia A. McKillip (1979). “Riddle of Stars”