R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
The self-commissioned architect is the obviously exclusive potential - for as at present used, or designed, the world's resources are serving only forty-four per cent of humanity.
Quotes to Explore
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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I've been a fascinated observer of grand public funerals since I was a kid, starting with the life-altering black-and-white images of President John F. Kennedy's funeral.
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I would love to play Richard III.
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I don't know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
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If one group of people can exterminate another in the name of so-called religion, the world has no hope.
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The self-commissioned architect is the obviously exclusive potential - for as at present used, or designed, the world's resources are serving only forty-four per cent of humanity.
