Downloads Quotes

• Don't just buy a new video game, make one.
  Don't just download the latest app, help design it.
  Don't just play on your phone, program it.

  Barack Obama

  Phones, Games, Play

  "Computers Are The Future, But Does Everyone Need To Code?". "All Tech Considered" with Kelly Mcevers, www.npr.org. January 25, 2014.

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• Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.

  Karin Slaughter

  Book, Albums, Chapters

  "Will eBooks Create An Elite Reading Class?" by Karin Slaughter, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2010.

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• I don't care about the clubs, I don't care about the radio, all I care about is getting my digital downloads.

  Spencer Pratt

  Care, Clubs, Radio

  Source: www.complex.com

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• When I lost my faith in people I put my trust in things To avoid the disappointment Trusting people brings... I tried to do it all myself then Surrounded by my stuff All I found were limitations I could not rise above There are gadgets and contraptions Immaculate machines There's a program you can download now That will even dream your dreams It'll even dream you dreams For a monthly fee Clear up your complexion You get a hundred hours free Possessions cannot save you.

  John Gorka

  Dream, Disappointment, People

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• The collectability of music is something lost in the age of MP3s and album downloads. Holding an album in your hands and having the full-sized artwork reconnects the artist and the listener.

  Mark Hoppus

  Artist, Mp3, Hands

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• You'll find i-poetry, you'll find that you can download poetry, that you can stuff your i-pod with recorded poetry. So just to answer the question that way, I think that poetry is gonna catch up with that technology quite soon.

  Billy Collins

  Technology, Thinking, Answers

  "A Brisk Walk". Interview with Joel Whitney, www.guernicamag.com. June 14, 2006.

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• This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a better camera to buy and new software to download. The user never has time to become comfortable with the tool. Consequently too much of the work is merely about the technology. The HDR and QTVR fads are good examples. Instead of focusing on the subject, users obsess over RAW conversion, Photoshop plug-ins, and on and on. For good work to develop the technology needs to become as stable and functional as a typewriter.

  Alec Soth

  Photography, Technology, Typewriters

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• It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it.

  Chris Cooper

  Size, Computer, Hard

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• When my mother gets a prompt 'Do you want to download this?' she's going to say yes. It's disingenuous for Microsoft to give you all of these tools with which to hang yourself, and when you do, then say it's your fault.

  Bruce Schneier

  Mother, Giving, Tools

  "The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating)" by Randall Stross, www.nytimes.com. December 19, 2004.

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• Sometimes we get frustrated ourselves and decide it's time to download a big chunk of mythology. And then the audience says, 'I find this confusing and alienating and too weird.' So then we pull back, and they say, 'You're not giving us enough'.

  Damon Lindelof

  Giving, Confusing, Frustrated

  "Murtzcellanious: Murtz Jaffer Talks To Lost Co-Creator Damon Lindelof". Interview with Murtz Jaffer, insidepulse.com. November 12, 2005.

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• There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists [about the compensation they get from streaming services] Spotify is returning a HUGE amount of money [to the record labels]. If we continue growing at our current rate in terms of subscriptions and downloads, we'll overtake iTunes in terms of contributions to the recorded music business in under two years.

  Sean Parker

  Artist, Years, Two

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• We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file sharing networks... With enough of us, around the world, we’ll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we’ll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?

  Aaron Swartz

  Strong, Past, Secret

  "Guerilla Open Access Manifesto". Book by Aaron Swartz, July 2008.

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• People will download the music for free and they'll pay for it if they want to give you a compliment. They don't have to pay for it. And the only way the artist can make money was by touring 'cause the record label didn't take that money. Unfortunately now, cause the record company's not making money from the downloads, now they want to take money away from everything.

  Joss Stone

  Artist, People, Giving

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• You download it for free, we get charged back for it.
  I know you're saying, "They won't know, they won't miss it,
  Besides, I ain't a thief, they won't pay me a visit."
  So, if I come to your job, take your corn on the cob,
  And take a couple kernels off it, that would be alright with you?

  Andre Benjamin

  Jobs, Couple, Rap

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• In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possible to download at least the basic aspects of a human personality into a machine program.

  Poul Anderson

  Stars, Personality, Machines

  "Poul Anderson: Fifty Years of Science Fiction", www.locusmag.com. April 1997.

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• Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand.

  Ian MacKaye

  Song, Cds, Mind

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• It's much easier to become a hacker now. It was a private community before and you had to find your way in, like tumbling down a rabbit hole. Today, there are all-in-one desktops fully equipped with tools pre-built into the operating system, all related to hacking. They are all very powerful tools and free to download.

  Michael Demon Calce

  Powerful, Tumbling Down, Community

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I download music just like anybody else, but it's a weird relationship when you're a musician.

  Tim Hecker

  Musician

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I like to be challenged with language, so I start to do texts for my blogs that people can download, can spread. There is no commercial interest behind it. It's only for fun, like doing something that you really enjoy to do. I have texts that I write specifically for the internet and I put them there. I am interested in how readers also respond to the texts that I write to them.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fun, Writing, People

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• I used to spend $25,000 of my own money on my short films, and I wouldn't make that back, not even close. So I think the Vimeo thing, because it's pay to download, that helps

  Shane Dawson

  Thinking, Pay, Helping

  Source: cultural-learnings.com

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• People love to hear music on their personal devices, but the issue really becomes, if you're able to download music, you should know this download and the quality of it is going to be of the highest, and that it has a value to it and on it.

  Stevie Wonder

  Issues, People, Quality

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I beat my sons in real-life table tennis, but virtually, I get murdered. I download games on the iPhone that I'm addicted to - I'm a master at "Angry Birds."

  Salman Rushdie

  Real, Son, Iphone

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• I think the more music becomes something you could simply download and have on your iPod, I think to a lot of people that is plenty, but to some people, they still want these artifacts that are touchable, and you can smell them, and look at them, and hold them and just have other dimensions of experience with this music.

  Wayne Coyne

  Thinking, Smell, Ipods

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I used to download a lot of music, and I understand it in this economy, but personally I buy my music. It feels good to be able to support a band you like. Plus, it'd be really hypocritical if I were still doing that, since I really hope people are buying and experiencing my music.

  Max Bemis

  People, Support, Feel Good

  Source: thehotwatermusic.blogspot.com

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• I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.'

  Henry Rollins

  Thinking, People, Albums

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