"My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director."

-- Edward Tufte

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“But It doesn't make sense for us to have a continued reliance on a supply of oil where whenever there is unrest in another part of the world, gasoline prices jump up. We need a renewable fuel industry that's more than corn-based, of course, and there are a whole series of great opportunities here.”

Source : "Vilsack: 'I took it as a slam on rural America'". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.
“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”
“I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.”
“Steve Jobs was one of the first people to understand that the computer wasn't just a tool, but that it could be an extension of ourselves, and he positioned Apple that way. The iPod was this revolutionary device with the idea of 1,000 songs in your pocket, and then that machine represents who you are.”
“Travelling, gentlemen, is medieval, today we have means of communication, not to speak of tomorrow and the day after, means of communication that bring the world into our homes, to travel from one place to another is atavistic.”
“My first show, in England, was called Soldier, Soldier.”
“I did not sleep. I never do when I am over-happy, over-unhappy, or in bed with a strange man.”
“A movie of mine is going to be released in Japan next year. I play a waitress who's a really regular girl in this movie. The English title isn't decided yet, but in Japanese it's I'll Get on the A Train Sometime.”

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