#rig

The obvious point of Conrad’s cartoon is the weirdness of a world where guns are legal, despite the harm they can do, while VCRs (and circumvention technologies) are illegal. Flash: No one ever died from copyright circumvention. Yet the law bans circumvention technologies absolutely, despite the potential that they might do some good, but permits guns, despite the obvious and tragic harm they do. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#nature

I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#choices #i #information #limited #lucky

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#down #loud #people #pride #rightly

Originally I'm a big pop-music aficionado, that's my love. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#big #i #love #originally

You don't realize it, but often people are frightened of the director. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#frightened #often #people #realize #you

But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am. ↗

— Eddie Bracken

#beat #excitement #fright #fun #go

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#am #biography #elizabeth #elizabeth i #era

We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#made #mistake #only #real #right

We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#did #fund #grand #grand jury #jury

Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle. ↗

— Mike Watt

#expression #fit #form #get #imitation