Jeremy Rifkin Quotes
The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.
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The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Many of those people deserve to be in prison; however, some of them do not.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.
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With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options.
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By having a blog, you can make yourself very accessible to your target audience. You can leave comments open on your blog so you can learn exactly what your audience likes about what you're doing with your business and about what they think you should change.
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My friends are very opinionated about the people I date.
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Both of us victims of the same twentieth-century plague. Not the Black Death, this time; the Grey Life.
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The disinterested love of truth which culture fosters is akin to the unselfishness which is a characteristic of the good.
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Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.
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I don't really know if I'm writing the kind of roles that Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would play. Jessica Lange on 'American Horror Story' is a little bit more my cup of tea.
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Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.
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The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences.
