R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly.

R. Buckminster Fuller

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• With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

  

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• When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.

  

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• I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.

  

  Sally Mann
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• I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

  

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• He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.

  

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• I always feel I had a very lucky life. For example, I sure didn't want to go in the army: when I was drafted in the Korean War, I wanted to go as a photographer. But luckily, they put me in the infantry - luckily because the official photographer was photographing the medal awarding and all the official situations.

  

  Harold Feinstein
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• I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.

  

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• Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.

  

  Nastia Liukin
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• There's nothing so unattractive as vanity... particularly male vanity.

  

  Rafe Spall
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• I have visited people whose health has been endangered by tar sands oil. I have watched neighbors struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. I have seen solar panels and wind turbines become an increasingly familiar part of the landscape.

  

  Frances Beinecke
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• Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.

  

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• Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.

  

  Florida Scott-Maxwell
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• I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
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• Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour.

  

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• I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.

  

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• I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.

  

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• Make-up is an extension of your clothes.

  

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• When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.

  

  Abigail Disney
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• As woman was the first to be tempted, so did God's message of grace come first to a woman, and each time woman's assent determined the destiny of humanity as a whole.

  

  Edith Stein
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• Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection, our gratitude for all His mercies, our penitence for our sins, our hope in His forgiving love, our submission to His authority, our confidence in His care, our desires for His favour, and for the providential and spiritual blessings needed for ourselves and others.

  

  Charles Hodge
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• If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your skills do not complement the computer, you may want to address that mismatch. Ever more people are starting to fall on one side of the divide or the other. That's why 'average is over.'

  

  Tyler Cowen
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• I come from a family of strong women, who have been positive role models for me.

  

  Laura Harrier
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• I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Humanity
  • Confidence
  • Self-Esteem