The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like data in a seductive way, first and foremost, but as a side effect they tend to provide software support for mob-like phenomena. Use this quote
What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism. Use this quote
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves. Use this quote
I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. Use this quote
It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV. Use this quote
I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register. Use this quote
Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. Use this quote
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be. Use this quote
What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind. Use this quote
I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love. Use this quote
The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. Use this quote
Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous. Use this quote
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody. Use this quote
My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear. Use this quote
In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before. Use this quote
The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country. Use this quote
We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience from the sublime to the brutal, and stories reflect it. It's no less brutal now; each age has its horrors. Use this quote
All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries. Use this quote
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. Use this quote
I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. Use this quote
