#cal

I mean, the people who run Guantanamo, the military, pretty much dismiss complaints by the detainees because they say that they're all created as part of a political process to sort of fake complaints and get public support. ↗

— Jane Mayer

#complaints #created #detainees #dismiss #fake

I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible. ↗

— John Mayer

#engineer #i #music #possible #scientifically

There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical. ↗

— John Mayer

#constantly #music #nature #periodical #pop

I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know. ↗

— John Mayer

#compromises #famous #famous person #i #i think

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#i #mirrors #physical #physical world #really

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#aptitude #basic #between #beyond #difference

The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#books #creates #internet #media #more

I think what's really amazing is that given the scale of the web and getting the compute power we have today, we're starting to see things that appear intelligent but actually aren't semantically intelligent. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#amazing #appear #compute #getting #given

Hope had finally learned to live in the present. Often, when she found herself in a space of tremendous comfort, usually out in nature, or when her children were safe all around her and on the verge of going to bed, she forced herself to take stock. Here you are, Hope, she told herself. What a beautiful moment. You may never again be here at this spot, enjoying the calm. This habit of hers, to acknowledge the immediate and elusive joy of the present, kept her sane. ↗

— David Bergen

#calm #children #comfort #nature #age

I think by that time I knew where Chewie was going, and he left me to do what was called for, because the character had been well established. You know, it was like putting on a second skin by that time. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#been #called #character #established #going