#icon

It had not yet been named Silicon Valley, but you had the defense industry, you had Hewlett-Packard. But you also had the counter-culture, the Bay Area. That entire brew came together in Steve Jobs. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#area #bay #bay area #been #brew

The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point. ↗

— Matthew Shipp

#certain point #confrontational #element #iconoclastic #jazz

I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he is, in a way he's become diluted. ↗

— James Spader

#also #become #becoming #been #diluted

I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon. ↗

— Tori Spelling

#fan #gay #gays #huge #huge fan

What happens on 'Mad Men' in terms of the acting and the writing and the directing, it's superior. And yes, it has tremendous cache and buzz because it's become iconic, but it also deserves all the kudos and the awards as well, because it's a beautiful show to look at. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

#also #awards #beautiful #because #become

So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities. ↗

— Arthur Rock

#appreciated #business #business sense #i #knew

My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is. ↗

— Bar Refaeli

#because #i #i think #icon #mum

Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali. ↗

— Don King

#art #bend #bow #confess #every

I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#historical #history #i #i am #icon

In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#coming-of-age-metaphore #feminism #iconic #age