R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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  Ramana Maharshi
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• One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.

  

  Mahavira
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• Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.

  

  Warren Christopher
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• Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.

  

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• Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

  

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• The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
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• I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?

  

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  • Women
  • Thought
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• I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Life
  • Long
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• I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Me
  • Doors
  • Open

• A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.

  

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• The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.

  

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  • People
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• As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.

  

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  • Life
  • World
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• To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Me
  • Human
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• Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones.

  

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  • Fun
  • Serious
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• It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Time
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• TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.

  

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• That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Parents
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• Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
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• Logic, like lyrical poetry, is no employment for the middle-aged,

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Poetry
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• You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt.

  

  Andrew Solomon
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• It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Life
  • Work
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• The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.

  

  Virchand Gandhi
  • Men
  • Evolution
  • Injury

• My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Time
  • Golf
  • Greatest

• Either war is obsolete, or men are.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Men
  • War
  • Either