![I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was the complex, dense, and 'cathedral-like' structure of the highly educated and articulate personality--a man or woman who carried inside themselves a personally constructed and unique version of the entire heritage of the West. [But now] I see within us all (myself included) there placement of complex inner density with a new kind of self--evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the 'instantly available.'](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-come-from-a-tradition-of-western-culture-in-which-the-ideal-my-ideal-was-the.jpg)
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unique voice
I think we have a unique voice we really want to get out there. Jon Heder
unique data forever
Saddam Hussein's mind would have been a unique resource for historical, political and psychological research: a resource that is now forever unavailable to scholars... In a small way his execution represents a wanton and vandalistic destruction of important research data. Richard Dawkins
unique novelty embrace
We must not just patch and tinker with life. We must keep renewing it. Embrace novelty and uniqueness. William James
unique thinking pressure
I think 'SNL' was such a unique thing because it was material you created and you're very comfortable with it, even though the setting was pressure-packed. Will Ferrell
unique views important
One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is. Sarah Ban Breathnach
unique fleeting shapes
Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. Richard M. Nixon
unique technology men
I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was the complex, dense, and 'cathedral-like' structure of the highly educated and articulate personality--a man or woman who carried inside themselves a personally constructed and unique version of the entire heritage of the West. [But now] I see within us all (myself included) there placement of complex inner density with a new kind of self--evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the 'instantly available.' Richard Foreman
unique bob sometimes
I'm getting good offers, as good as ever sometimes. I just finished a thing with Billy Bob Thornton that was the most unique part I've ever played in my life, in the most unique project. Robert Duvall
unique past design
I wanted to breathe new life into the timeless trend of past, present and future. These unique designs celebrate the bride and groom's passage through their new life together. Vera Wang
technology people computer
In the old days, people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks. Now they're knocking off servers. Richard Power
technology mad dumb
The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad! Richard P. Feynman
technology space brain
We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.
technology class pie
Even now, despite Angeline's watchfulness, she'd occasionally oscillate between random topics, like how shepherd's pie wasn't a pie at all and why it was pointless for her to take class in typing when technology would eventually develop robot companions to do it for us. Richelle Mead
technology college keys
In an age of social media and content being key, it's important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos. Ronnie Dunn
technology space cartoon
apart from the seemingly magical Internet, life in broad material terms isn't so different from what it was in 1953... The wonders portrayed in 'The Jetsons,' the space-age television cartoon from the 1960s, have not come to pass... Life is better and we have more stuff, but the pace of change has slowed down... Tyler Cowen
technology lines way
Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on the other side, the audience side. Word spreads so fast now on a movie, with the Internet, and piracy is something coming down the line like in the music industry. Richard D. Zanuck
technology risk quality
Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe. Richard Curtis
technology able serious
Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear. William S. Burroughs
mental showing wants
He wants us to come out showing a lot of energy, play hard, no mental mistakes.
men
'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary. Grant Heslov
mention
He's a big part of our team, not to mention that I'll have to play with a different guy. Chris Phillips
mentally players tough
He's just one of the most mentally tough players I've ever seen. Malik Rose
mental second seems toughness
He seems to be doing better than I did with it, and I thought I did pretty well, ... His mental toughness is second to none, and that's what'll get him over the hump.
men giving perfect
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life. Plato
mentally physically prepared
We're prepared for this, physically and mentally .
mentally tougher
We've got to get tougher mentally and physically. If you want to play at this level, you have to get tougher.
men oldest operator
I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest. Stephanie Courtney