Jens Martin Skibsted Quotes
The debate on climate change has been tainted by its excessive concern with individual and national interests, short-termism, and lack of solidarity in face of global threats.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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My father was born in Newark, New Jersey, and my mother was born in Philadelphia. They both went to Stanford for grad school and met there.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.
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I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.
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I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in my life. It's like, 'Hold up - that ain't feel good. That felt good.' And that's how I look at anything I do.
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Homicide is the best material I've had the chance to do.
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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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As somebody who participates in the overall PC ecosystem, it's totally great when faster wireless networks and standards come out or when graphics get faster. Windows 8 was like this giant sadness. It just hurts everybody in the PC business.
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For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.
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We woke up one day, and Pakistan had nuclear weapons.
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Many tech company execs who visit to pitch products take time to peruse the shelves and exclaim upon various devices they owned in younger days.
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It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons.
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When I was told that I was being offered a role in 'Miss Julie,' I already knew I wanted to do it.
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Nobody really knows which is happening when the teacher closes the door. At worst, mediocrity. At best, miracles.
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Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.
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People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend.
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The debate on climate change has been tainted by its excessive concern with individual and national interests, short-termism, and lack of solidarity in face of global threats.
