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.
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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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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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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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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All I have to do to continue to make things work is make great records, and that's more important than having a crazy master plan.
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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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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
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The laws of our land are catching up to the fundamental truth that millions of Americans hold in our hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.
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…it was a cardinal rule in the East not to show one’s true feelings.
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Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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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.
