R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
Quotes to Explore
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always go into the city with my family for Cubs games or to visit the aquarium and museums on field trips.
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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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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using their nuclear weapons. If that's all it is, then we've gotta as: how many nuclear weapons do you need to do that?
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The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
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Sometimes my family got me in the door. Somebody would say, 'Bruce Dern's daughter - sure I'd like to meet her.' It was a point of interest. But after five minutes of talking about my father, I still had to read for the part.
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The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.
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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
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Nobody is faster than me.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
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I sometimes feel nervous because I give stupid answers to certain pointless questions. It happens in Turkish as much as in English. I speak bad Turkish and utter stupid sentences.
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People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.
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I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.
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The biggest mistake to me is complacency.
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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I find it easier to work when it's quiet.
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I kind of like carbon taxes because we already know how to apply them. We already have apparatus in place. When we talk about these other solutions - like a billion tons of iron filings in the ocean or putting sunshades between us and the sun - they're huge. We have no idea if they will work. We have no idea what their nasty consequences might be. And it's unlikely we can do them anyway.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
