"I worked in information technology and academia for……" — Graeme Simsion
"I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people."
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25 Quotes by Graeme Simsion
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Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits…
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So, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen…
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A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made…
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To the world's most perfect woman. It was lucky my father was not present. Perfect is an absolute that cannot…
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I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody,…
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What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point…
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If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you…
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But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?
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I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of…
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I could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that…
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I know this song!’ Rosie laughed. ‘If you didn’t, that’d be the final proof that you’re from Mars.
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You’re unbelievable,’ said Rosie. ‘Look at me when I’m talking.’ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated.…
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In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business…
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In my opinion humanity is being prayed upon, I mean as a species. Not only by old satanic families like…
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Perhaps the only institution more puffed-up and self-important than academia is government.
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They [Harvard academia] liked the poor, but didn't like the smell of the poor.
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You must live life in its very elementary forms. The Mexicans have a very nice word for it: pura vida.…
— Werner Herzog
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In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.
— Robert Reich
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Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men,…
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Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the…
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Instruction in academia did not emphasize what I thought of as essential points. I was interested in the broad range…
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I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.
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There are dangers for an artist in any academic environment. Academia rewards people who know their own minds and have…
— Christian Wiman
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I was in an industrial laboratory because academia found me unsuitable
— Benoit Mandelbrot
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