Jason Silva Quotes
Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.
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Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
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As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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I'm evangelical.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.
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I was terribly shy, but I was always in harmony when I was dancing.
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How hard could it be? Is it really going to hurt? You get into that deep well of emotion if you are by yourself. Why am I here? What's the point of going on? If I can't do what I want to do, then what's the point?
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A lot of times, people are reserved or maybe scared of testing what your body is capable of. I'm not.
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Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.
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Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.
