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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Netanyahu's raison d'etre is to save Israel from Iran. That is it. That is his mission in the most profound sense. I have seen it up close.
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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
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If the media isn't slanted toward the Left, why is everyone so worried about my affiliation with Glenn Beck but not with Alec Baldwin?
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I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn't stop. That's why if somebody says to me, 'Can I learn this?' I will say, 'Probably, if you can get the psychology right.'
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With 'Utopia,' definitely it's more the idea of trying to put across a message rather than just entertaining the audience. It's entertaining as well, but there's also a lot of other things that are going on.
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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.
