R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren't true. It's always better with the truth.
Quotes to Explore
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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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I'm an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.
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You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
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Ignorance of the facts of life gave me my beloved son, Dickon, but at what cost to both him and me, I cannot hazard a guess.
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I can't give a decent toast to save my life.
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I've been hit in the head a lot, but I don't think I have any problems, but I can't, for the life of me, remember a lot of my road stories and good times. When times are bad enough, that's all you can ever think about.
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
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What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'
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I think the over-militarization of local police forces is also true of the over-militarization of the federal government, so I don't really run and hide from the comment that I think there are 48 federal agencies that have SWAT teams.
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I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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Where there is love there is life.
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For the price of a couple of Happy Meals, you can buy a digital textbook and stop your child from having to carry around a six-pound book.
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I had the feeling of being crushed under a rock till I could see only one crack of light, and that was the love of God.
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The federal government requires that its loans be paid back within 10 years of graduation, and Harvard has pegged its loans to the same 10-year timetable. Yet despite Harvard's low default rate, the idea of years of loan debt is daunting for some students even before it's time to pay back.
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Sometimes when you sing someone else's song over and over again or songs that have been given to you, you're afraid to go out there and write one yourself.
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We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren't true. It's always better with the truth.
