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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.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matt Ridley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Forest Whitaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Beckett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Pinter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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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		IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vernor Vinge 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many people with physical disabilities have romantic lives and good marriages to partners who see past their disabilities and recognize all of the things they can do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jeanne Phillips 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zadie Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pankaj Mishra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Edward Smith: What do you think is the characteristic of a really nice person? Some people you obviously do like more than others.Andy Warhol: Ummm, well, if they talk a lot.Edward Smith: What, and don't make you talk?Andy Warhol: Yeah, yes, that's a really nice person.Edward Smith: Thank you, Andy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andy Warhol 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matt Ridley