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Cory Doctorow Quotes

It’s weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it’s just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it’s a lot more emotionally raw Picture Quote #1

All secrets are deep. all secrets become dark. That’s in the nature of secrets Picture Quote #1

I think that this misses out on some of the interesting narrative realities, which is that it actually doesn’t work very well, that eliminating diversity is actually a really good way to make a species and its individuals less robust Picture Quote #1

Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn’t give you the key, they’re not doing it for your benefit Picture Quote #1

The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn’t the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you’re hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists? Picture Quote #1

It is not gender, nor age, nor race, but your ability to work hard at what you love Picture Quote #1

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The important thing about security systems isn’t how they work, it’s how they fail Picture Quote #1

Where there’s life, there’s hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot Picture Quote #1

I just sit down and the page just comes out and I look at it and the elements that appear on that page have a lot to do with what’s going on in my life Picture Quote #1

It’s part of a cycle of stories I’m writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction Picture Quote #1

Novels for me are how I find out what’s going on in my own head. And so that’s a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do Picture Quote #1

Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks Picture Quote #1

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The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There’s lots of good stuff on the ballot Picture Quote #1

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy Picture Quote #1

It’s not necessarily about what career you pick. It’s about how you do what you do Picture Quote #1

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That’s in the nature of secrets Picture Quote #1

It’s our goddamed city! It’s our goddamed country. No terrorist can take it from us for so long as we’re free. Once we’re not free, the terrorists win! Take it back! You’re young enough and stupid enough not to know that you can’t possibly win, so you’re the only ones who can lead us to victory! Take it back! Picture Quote #1

$Skipping school isn’t a crime. It’s an infraction. They’re totally different Picture Quote #1$

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I can’t go underground for a year, ten years, my whole life, waiting for freedom to be handed to me. Freedom is something you have to take for yourself Picture Quote #1

Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions Picture Quote #1

The future’s a weirder place than we thought it would be when we were little kids Picture Quote #1

He hated it when adults told him he only felt the way he did because he was young. As if being young was like being insane or drunk, like the convictions he held were hallucinations caused by a mental illness that could only be cured by waiting five years Picture Quote #1

The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it Picture Quote #1

It’s the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions Picture Quote #1

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Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing Picture Quote #1

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness Picture Quote #1

Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you’re really having a deep relationship with it Picture Quote #1

What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning! Picture Quote #1

I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending Picture Quote #1

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement Picture Quote #1

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It’s weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it’s just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it’s a lot more emotionally raw (Cory Doctorow Quotes) All secrets are deep. all secrets become dark. That’s in the nature of secrets (Cory Doctorow Quotes) I think that this misses out on some of the interesting narrative realities, which is that it actually doesn’t work very well, that eliminating diversity is actually a really good way to make a species and its individuals less robust (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn’t give you the key, they’re not doing it for your benefit (Cory Doctorow Quotes) The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn’t the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you’re hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists? (Cory Doctorow Quotes) It is not gender, nor age, nor race, but your ability to work hard at what you love (Cory Doctorow Quotes) The important thing about security systems isn’t how they work, it’s how they fail (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Where there’s life, there’s hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot (Cory Doctorow Quotes) I just sit down and the page just comes out and I look at it and the elements that appear on that page have a lot to do with what’s going on in my life (Cory Doctorow Quotes) It’s part of a cycle of stories I’m writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Novels for me are how I find out what’s going on in my own head. And so that’s a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks (Cory Doctorow Quotes) The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There’s lots of good stuff on the ballot (Cory Doctorow Quotes) This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy (Cory Doctorow Quotes) It’s not necessarily about what career you pick. It’s about how you do what you do (Cory Doctorow Quotes) All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That’s in the nature of secrets (Cory Doctorow Quotes) It’s our goddamed city! It’s our goddamed country. No terrorist can take it from us for so long as we’re free. Once we’re not free, the terrorists win! Take it back! You’re young enough and stupid enough not to know that you can’t possibly win, so you’re the only ones who can lead us to victory! Take it back! (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Skipping school isn’t a crime. It’s an infraction. They’re totally different (Cory Doctorow Quotes) I can’t go underground for a year, ten years, my whole life, waiting for freedom to be handed to me. Freedom is something you have to take for yourself (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions (Cory Doctorow Quotes) The future’s a weirder place than we thought it would be when we were little kids (Cory Doctorow Quotes) He hated it when adults told him he only felt the way he did because he was young. As if being young was like being insane or drunk, like the convictions he held were hallucinations caused by a mental illness that could only be cured by waiting five years (Cory Doctorow Quotes) The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it (Cory Doctorow Quotes) It’s the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you’re really having a deep relationship with it (Cory Doctorow Quotes) What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning! (Cory Doctorow Quotes) I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending (Cory Doctorow Quotes) Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement (Cory Doctorow Quotes)

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