R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to "make it" economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.
Quotes to Explore
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I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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I don't think I ever wore pants on 'Reno 911!' and I was on it about five times.
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If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.
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Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.
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You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.
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Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.
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Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to "make it" economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.
