R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
Dear reader, traditional human power structures and their reign of darkness are about to be rendered obsolete.
Quotes to Explore
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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I think it's important that things are flawed.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I had to exercise more.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the media and the wrongful imprisonment of journalists. So it seems what's happening is the government is going after people who have a voice, people who change society or public opinion.
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I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.
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Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.
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When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.
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I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won't relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.
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When I was a physics major in the late 1970s, my very few fellow female students and I had high hopes that women would soon stand equal with men in science. But progress has proved slower than many of us imagined.
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After a decade this glum, we deserved a shot of 'Glee,' a show that restored our faith in the power of song, the beauty of dance, and the magic of 'spirit fingers' to chase our cares and woes into somebody else's backyard.
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All of this has to be understood as part of a process leading ultimately to a treaty that will give an international body power over our domestic laws.
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Dear reader, traditional human power structures and their reign of darkness are about to be rendered obsolete.
