Jared Diamond Quotes
Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today.
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Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.
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To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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Technology favors horrible people.
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SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.
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And, you know, I don’t want to have to worry that she is going to get sick as the consequence of having, having her lunch.
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I need to show the world that my final goal is to perform huge concerts like Madonna.
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When I first started writing, I was in advertising at the time, I was doing most of my writing on weekends. I had studied most of the other series heroes and I figured it would be fun for mine to be different and put him in and around water. So I dreamed up Dirk Pitt.
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Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today.
