Jared Diamond Quotes

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence.

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• I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Myself
  • Thought
  • Independent

• I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Baby
  • Born
  • Texas

• Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Want
  • Black
  • Blue

• But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Know
  • Myself
  • Imagination

• I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Up
  • Time
  • Music

• Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Me
  • Taught
  • Cautious

• I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Great
  • Think
  • Hand

• I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • People
  • Children
  • Love

• Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.

  

  Adam Green
  • People
  • Work
  • Career

• To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Violence
  • Daughter
  • Situation

• I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Time
  • Work
  • Children

• I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'

  

  FKA twigs
  • Want
  • Years
  • Period

• If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Play
  • Things
  • Born

• I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Me
  • Deal
  • Someone

• I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

  

  Taylor Dane
  • Way
  • You
  • Will

• In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.

  

  Flume
  • Different
  • Home
  • Feel

• The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Down
  • Heroes
  • Resistance

• Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It's also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases, get back a negative greeting.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Time
  • True
  • Positive

• For we by conquest, of our soveraine might, And by eternall doome of Fate's decree, Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.

  

  Edmund Spenser
  • Fate

• Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state.

  

  David Miliband
  • World
  • Power
  • Responsibility

• Verse should be as natural As the small tuber that feeds on muck And grows slowly from obtuse soil To the white flower of immortal beauty

  

  R. S. Thomas
  • Small
  • Flower

• The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Time
  • World
  • Work

• You can't please everyone, and trying to is the kiss of death. I don't care about Wayne Newton's demographics. When I do, I'll know that it's time to quit.

  

  Criss Angel
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Death

• Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence.

  

  Jared Diamond
  • Time
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