"Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time."

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Source : "Wired Interview: Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Talks Tech, Bill Gates, Chemo and Guitars". Interview with Sam Gustin, www.wired.com. April 18, 2011.

Paul Allen

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“We Americans write our own history. And the chapters of which we're proudest are the ones where we had the courage to change. Time and again, Americans have seen the need for change, and have taken the initiative to bring that change to life.”
“The first question is something immediate -- and immediately, we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”
“What had survived - maybe all that had survived of Trism - was Liir's sense of him. A catalog of impressions that arose from time to time, unbidden and often upsetting. From the sandy smell of his sandy hair to the locked grip of his muscles as they had wrestled in sensuous aggression - unwelcome nostalgia. Trism lived in Liir's heart like a full suit of clothes in a wardrobe, dress habillards maybe, hollow and real at once. The involuntary memory of the best of Trism's glinting virtues sometimes kicked up unquietable spasms of longing.”
“I've always had problems with guys!”
“Shame is quicksand on the path to soul.”
“Letâ€™s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the worldâ€¦Try walking around with a child whoâ€™s going, â€˜Wow, wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down house! Look at that red sky!â€™ And the child points, and you look, and you see, and you start going, â€˜Wow! Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!â€™ I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world â€“ present and in awe.”
“In the West, we got the message that it's not cool to wear ivory. It's not cool to utilize products from these wonderful species. They are not commodities. We need the whole world to join hands in getting this message now, particularly countries in Asia and certain communities that have not been educated about this. They have not had the campaigns that we had.”
“We'd make love. Afterwards he would take photographs of me. (On modeling for Alfred Stieglitz)”

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