Matt Ridley Quotes
I felt cheated by the way grown-ups told me that the future of the world was bleak when I became a teenager in the 1970s. The pollution explosion was unstoppable. Global famine was inevitable. I genuinely want the next generation, my own kids, to know that actually it's possible that the future might be better than the past.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
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I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!
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When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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Historically, absolute IQ scores have risen substantially as we've changed our environment so that more people go to school longer.
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I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.
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Corporate competition is fierce, viewed by many as economic warfare where all is fair. But politics... now, this is something unique.
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You have to have a lot of motivation, a lot of heart and be able to work hard. You can never be down on yourself because baseball is a sport that will bring you down at times.
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I felt cheated by the way grown-ups told me that the future of the world was bleak when I became a teenager in the 1970s. The pollution explosion was unstoppable. Global famine was inevitable. I genuinely want the next generation, my own kids, to know that actually it's possible that the future might be better than the past.
