Daniel Yergin Quotes
Clearly, the Chinese need the resources, but I don't think they want to clash with the industrial world which happens to be the market for their goods.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I must never write when I do not want to write.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.
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I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
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Consuming mushrooms regularly has been associated with decreased risk of breast, stomach and colorectal cancers.
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It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons.
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What is essential in love is what the French call 'amour fou.' What is that in English? Crazy love? That doesn't sound as beautiful. It's a total kind of love that not only embraces feelings, actions, but a kind of understanding of the world from the perspective of love.
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Clearly, the Chinese need the resources, but I don't think they want to clash with the industrial world which happens to be the market for their goods.
