#icon

A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#accomplishment #based #culture #prowess #remarkable

It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#began #bell #contact #could #direct

When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#go #iconic #into #lightly #play

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist. ↗

— John Legend

#coolest #him #i #icon #look

Ever since Marilyn Monroe was transformed from one of the prettiest girls you could ever hope to see into an icon, everyone has been trying to repeat that icon. And now the entire industry is filled with, and by and large run by, wannabes. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#could #entire #ever #everyone #filled

Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#brand #exciting #extremely #face #iconic

The trouble is that the hockey stick graph become an icon and deniers reckoned if they could smash the icon, the whole concept of global warming would be destroyed with it. ↗

— Michael E. Mann

#concept #could #destroyed #global #global warming

I'm not an icon. Not even in America. ↗

— John Mayer

#even #i #icon

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon. ↗

— Diana Ross

#born #certain #come #does #established

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun. ↗

— Rose McGowan

#blonde #come #down #fight #fun