One of the reasons microcomputers progressed so fast is people are willing to accept crashes. It’s faster to build something and try it, even if it means you’ll have to rebuild later… If you spent too much time building and massaging one vehicle, you don’t learn anything. John Carmack Read Quote
One of the characteristics of North American culture is that you can always start again. You can always move forward, cross a border of a state or a city or a county, and move West, most of the time West. You leave behind guilt, past traditions, memories. Isabel Allende Read Quote
I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I’d end up. I made it, and I’m proud of the determination and persistence that took. Kim Edwards Read Quote
Once you’ve lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It’s a mentality, a double standard of existence. John le Carre Read Quote
It’s exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. Adrienne Rich Read Quote
If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that whole worldview becomes confused. Steve Coogan Read Quote
People will speak slowly to me sometimes. And they always ask me if I’m all right, because I’m much more low-key and reserved than my character in ‘Friends’. Matt LeBlanc Read Quote
