Interview

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The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And what that means is...I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way.

Steve Jobs

Triumph of the Nerds

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Topic

Microsoft Taste

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

Triumph of the Nerds

Medium

Interview Film

Genre

Documentary (film)

Statement Type

Talking shit

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Triumph of the Nerds. Directed by Paul Sen, narrated by Robert X. Cringely, Johnb Gau Productions for Channel 4 and Oregon Public Broadcasting, Channel 4/PBS, 14 Apr. 1996.

Some sense of religious mission is part of being American.

John Updike

Quoted in The New York Review of Books

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Topic

American character America

Speaker

John Updike

Source

The New York Review of Books

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Updike, John. Quoted in "God's Country" by Michael Wood. New York Book Review, 29 Feb. 1996.

Renoir painted his whole life long, down to his very last day. He painted a little still life of fruit, in bed, the day before he died.

Henri Matisse

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Topic

Self-discipline Dedication Hard work

Speaker

Henri Matisse

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Matisse, Henri. Chatting with Henri Matisse: The Lost 1941 Interview. Interviewed by Pierre Courthion, edited by Serge Guilbaut, translated by Chris Miller. Getty Publications, 2013, p. 90.

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive.

James Baldwin

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Topic

Broken heart Interconnectedness of all people The human condition Power of literature

Speaker

James Baldwin

Source

Life Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Howard, Jane. "Doom and Glory of Knowing Who You Are." Life Magazine, 24 May 1963.

For most of my life I refused to work at any problem unless its solution seemed to be capable of being put to commercial use.

Thomas Edison

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Topic

Innovation Profit motive Capitalism

Speaker

Thomas Edison

Source

New York Sun

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Edison, Thomas Alva. Interview. New York Sun, Feb. 1917.

Painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

Robert Rauschenberg

Quoted in The New Yorker

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Topic

Self-acceptance Art as therapy Painting Art

Speaker

Robert Rauschenberg

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rauschenberg, Robert. "Everything in Sight: Robert Rauschenberg's New Life." Interviewed by Calvin Tompkins. The New Yorker, 23 May 2005, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/23/everything-in-sight.

The fundamentals of our economy are strong.

John McCain

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Topic

2008 Financial Crisis

Speaker

John McCain

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

McCain, John. Spoken during campaign trail in Jacksonville, FL. 15 Sept. 2008, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Culture Reading Books

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Seattle Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Bradbury Still Believes In Heat of 'Fahrenheit 451.'" Interviewed by Misha Berson. The New York Times, 12 Mar. 1993.

There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt.

Ray Bradbury

Quoted in Paris Review

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Topic

Books Smells Egypt

Speaker

Ray Bradbury

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203." Interviewed by Sam Weller. Paris Review, Spring 2010.

Best advice I ever got was an old friend mine, a black friend, who said you have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all.

James Baldwin

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Topic

Following your heart Being true to oneself Authenticity Life

Speaker

James Baldwin

Source

Village Voice

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Baldwin, James. Quoted in "Go the Way Your Blood Beats." Interviewed by Richard Goldstein. Village Voice, 26 June 1984.

Current Citation

Baldwin, James. "Go the Way Your Blood Beats." James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Interviews. Melville House, 2014.

Light is a delicate thing.

Georges Braque

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Topic

Nature of light Light Art

Speaker

Georges Braque

Source

The Artist in His Studio

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Liberman, Alexander. The Artist in His Studio. Viking Press, 1960, ch. 3.

Dare them to censor you.

Ken Loach

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Topic

Resisting authority Censorship

Speaker

Ken Loach

Source

Vox

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Loach, Ken. "'Dare Them to Censor You': Ken Loach Talks Art and Activism in I, Daniel Blake and Beyond." Interviewed by Alissa Wilkinson. Vox, 2017.

One of the meanings of human existence, the source of human freedom, is never to accept anything as definitive, untouchable, obvious, or immobile.

Michel Foucault

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Topic

Dogma Doubt and skepticism Freedom

Speaker

Michel Foucault

Source

Power, Moral Values and the Intellectual History of the Present

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Foucault, Michel. "Power, Moral Values, and the Intellectual." Interviewed and translated by Michael Bess. History of the Present, Spring 1988.

The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

Condoleezza Rice

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Topic

Justifications and rationales Iraq War

Speaker

Condoleezza Rice

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 20th century

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Citation

Rice, Condoleezza. "CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer." Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. CNN, 8 Sept. 2002.

All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.

U.G. Krishnamurti

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Topic

Seeking happiness Seeking Happiness Unhappiness

Author

U.G. Krishnamurti

Source

Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Call U. G. 1988

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Krishnamurti, U. G. Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G. Dinesh, 1988.

Maybe you can't override prejudice overnight, but the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, ninety-odd years ago. I believe in gradualism. I also believe that ninety-odd years is pretty gradual.

Thurgood Marshall

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Topic

Civil rights Social progress Political progress Progress American politics

Speaker

Thurgood Marshall

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Marshall, Thurgood. "Fighting Back: 1957-1962." Eyes on the Prize, created by Henry Hampton, performances by Thurgood Marshall, season 1, episode 2, Blackside, 1987.

If everything is under control, you're not going fast enough.

Mario Andretti

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Topic

Taking risks Going for it

Speaker

Mario Andretti

Source

Success Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Andretti, Mario. Quoted in "Mario Andretti: A Glass Half Full for the Indy 500 and Formula One Champion." Written by Elisa Henry. Success Magazine, 29 Dec. 2009.

That's been one of my mantras-focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Steve Jobs

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Topic

Design Simplicity

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

BusinessWeek

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jobs, Steve. "Steve Jobs: 'There's Sanity Returning'." Interviewed by Andy Reinhardt. BusinessWeek, 25 May 1998.

I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.

William Faulkner

Quoted in Paris Review

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Topic

Home Writing

Speaker

William Faulkner

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Faulkner, William. "William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12." Interviewed by Jean Stein. Paris Review, Spring 1956.

The war has used up words.

Henry James

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Topic

World War I Horrors of war War

Author

Henry James

Source

Henry James's First Interview The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

James, Henry. "Henry James's First Interview," interviewed by Preston Lockwood. New York Times, 21 Mar. 1915