Bertrand Piccard Quotes
I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You don't need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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It was funny on '24' because I'm a Scots-Canadian, and I was working with the great Scottish actor Tony Curran, and we were both playing Russian gangsters.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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Are we not all desperate one way or another?
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.
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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
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I love to smile.
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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
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My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.
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When you fall head over heels for someone, you're not falling in love with who they are as a person; you're falling in love with your idea of love.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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Never underestimate the power of people who are determined to change life and work with all their might towards it. They are the ones who turn into leaders and revolutionize the world around us.
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I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You don't need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go.
