R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
We are most probably here for local information-gathering and local-Universe problem-solving in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
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Nowadays, there are seven music directors in one film. I had never heard of such a thing before. If one of our old music directors was told to share a score with others, he would have left the assignment.
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If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.
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I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and our neighbors, truth will retaliate with ugliness, poverty, and disease.
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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Glover Teixeira is a phenomenal opponent.
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When you look at Washington, it's really not that big. And its economy is completely dependent on those two companies. When they're doing well, the whole state does all right, but when they're down, there's nothing to fall back on.
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When learning is in focus, arrangements are made in the environment of the learner that communicate the learning task, and learning resources are made available to learners so that they can explore and master learning tasks.
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I think I've established my own identity here at Brandeis.
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We are most probably here for local information-gathering and local-Universe problem-solving in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe.
