"The rock sitting on the shelf has potential because it can fall-it's the same way with the Internet. It has this potential. It's not really doing it yet, but it's about to."

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"The rock sitting on the shelf has potential because it can fall-it's the same way with the Internet. It has this potential. It's not really doing it yet, but it's about to."

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"The internet is killing the art of writing. The big "publish" button begs you to publish even before you go back and make one single edit, and as if this was not enough, you have instant readers who praise your writing skills!"

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"The internet is where some people go to show their true intelligence; others, their hidden stupidity."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Internet," she said sagely. "Expanding the frontiers of adolescent knowledge."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Internet, Youth, Knowledge, Learning

"Ambient Devices is what I call part of the Third Wave of Internet devices."

David Rose, American Musician

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"The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom."

Frederick Forsyth, British Author

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"Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Internet, News, Rest, Today

"I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

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"Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet."

Dennis Miller, American Comedian

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"The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language."

Jim Clark, American Businessman

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"The Internet provides a delivery system for pathological states of mind."

Phillip Adams, Australian Writer

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"You have to have access to ideas. The Internet is facilitating that access to ideas. In 25 years, the way that data's going to flow back and forth, we don't quite understand yet."

Ideas

"Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them."

Cliches

"There's a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. It's very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but it's there to be seen."

Logic

"Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking."

People

"I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished."

Music

"People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and so the understanding uses new control surfaces. It uses a new way of defining the property."

People

"Typically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to the new one. And it doesn't work."

Work

"I never feel like I have to hang on to the music. I don't expect that the music will go away. Ideas are the only thing I can point to that are permanent and fixed."

Music

"It's clear that people are going to download media files, and they're going to talk to each other, and they're going to exchange information and knowledge and so forth. So this system logic is basically what you bounce off of."

People

"It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things."

Thought