#event

With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke. ↗

— Tim Vine

#always #because #condense #confidence #getting

And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#events #i #i think #instead #more

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#argued #cannot #coming #competitiveness #consequence

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#anyone #current #current events #events #i

Removing substantial fuel loads from our forests helps prevent catastrophic fire and better protects species, watersheds and neighboring communities that call them home. ↗

— Greg Walden

#call #catastrophic #communities #fire #forests

I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#challenge #come #current #eventually #i

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#agreements #bloodshed #both #both sides #courage

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't. ↗

— Alice Walker

#does #eventually #everyone #life #only

I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do. ↗

— Shaun White

#event #every #i #less #really

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world. ↗

— Esther Williams

#big news #events #gold #gold medals #i