Matt Ridley Quotes
One of the peculiar features of history is that time always erodes advantage. Every invention sooner or later erodes advantage. Every invention sooner or later leads to a counter-invention.

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I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
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All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.
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I'm parodied as being some right-wing fundamentalist extremist, it just isn't true. The parody doesn't reflect reality.
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'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
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If you put too much pressure on the Palestinian Authority, it will collapse - it will disappear - and Israel will have to formally re-occupy the West Bank and assume responsibility for the Palestinians there. The United States doesn't want that. Israel doesn't really want that.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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Kitchens are for conversation. They're not just for cooking; they're for conversations.
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One of Kuhn's marvellous legacies is science studies as we know it today.
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We should explore ways to make us a more amazing species. A more fascinating society. We should embrace our innovations and evolve with them.
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When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.
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One of the peculiar features of history is that time always erodes advantage. Every invention sooner or later erodes advantage. Every invention sooner or later leads to a counter-invention.