Daniel Yergin Quotes
People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.Daniel Yergin
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Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.
Naval Ravikant -
I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
Natalie Martinez -
In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
Gabourey Sidibe -
Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
Ida Lupino -
I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
Aby Rosen
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
Ian Mckellen -
I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
Nate Silver -
When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
Oliver North -
When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.
Gavin Bryars -
Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.
Gail Porter -
Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
Adam D'Angelo -
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
Vernor Vinge -
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
A. J. P. Taylor -
Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
Daniel Clowes -
Of course I want to do films. But to me, television is equally important. It is where I got recognition.
Ashish Sharma
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It is one thing to know a truth, and another thing to know it by unction.
William Gurnall -
Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.
Alan Dershowitz -
He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there's a lot of production going on. I think that's the key and that's the magic, it's making sure that people could still connect with the lyrics while they're on the dance floor.
Deborah Cox -
People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.
Daniel Yergin