Jared Diamond Quotes
I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.
Jared Diamond
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
Madeleine Albright
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
Edmund Phelps
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
Oscar Wilde
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
Gary Oldman
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
Maajid Nawaz
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.
Rainn Wilson
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
Irrfan Khan
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
T.I.
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To survive is to win.
Zhang Yimou
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
Zendaya
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I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.
Imtiaz Ali
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Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a drama or crisis is going to end. Acting is a great comfort blanket and has gotten me through countless personal crises. I am a firm believer that the show must go on.
Kate O'Mara
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What are the precise characteristics of an epigram it is not easy to define. It differs from a joke, in the fact that the wit of the latter dies in the words, and cannot therefore be conveyed in another language; while an epigram is a wit of ideas, and hence, is translatable. Like aphorisms, songs and sonnets, it is occupied with some single point, small and manageable; but whilst a song conveys a sentiment, a sonnet a poetical, and an aphorism a moral reflection, an epigram expresses a contrast.
William Matthews
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Indecision is a major time waster; 80% of decisions should be made the first time they come up
Brian Tracy
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If you think about it, many of the great inventions of the last 200 years were designed to replace human labor. Tractors were developed to substitute mechanical power for human physical toil.
David Autor
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It's wonderful to see parents come together and openly support their LGBTQ kids at my shows.
Hayley Kiyoko
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By nature, I'm an awkward person; I'm a gangly introvert.
Andrew Hozier-Byrne
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I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.
Jared Diamond
