"The New York Times is the greatest media company around, arguably, and the people at the New York Times know a lot more about making a giant successful media company than I do."

-- David Plotz

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“It never stops, accepting that fact is difficult. I took some time out for life.”
“If whatever you do helps just one person, you've done something wonderful.”
“You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!”
“I think that's one of the great things about the travel. One day I am at home in Sheffield, the next day I'm playing the Hollywood Bowl. It's extraordinary.”
“The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit. Look through that astrolabe and become oceanic.”
“Collectors are happy people.”
“The government has a monopoly on the supply of marijuana that you can use in FDA-approved research. So even though there are 20 states and the District of Columbia [that have legalized medical marijuana], and there's marijuana everywhere, we've spent seven years trying to get 10 grams of marijuana for vaporizer research. We're the only people in America that can't get 10 grams of marijuana.”
“Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part of our job is to teach people this latter mentality.”

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