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 am really into a woman, the way I look at other women changes. The other women on the planet kind of fade away. And the majority of my energy goes to that person.
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I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone - the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.
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When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems
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There is nothing more incredible and moving and appealing than good music, and it cannot always be reduced to a story, to exposition. It's so much more abstract and brilliant.
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I'm in awful shape. I'm trying to get in better shape. My girlfriend, she's in good shape. She gives me health tips sometimes, like, 'Hannibal, you're going to die.' Stuff like that.
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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.
