Jeremy Rifkin Quotes
In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture.
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Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
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You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
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Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
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I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.
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If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.
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... I plan to travel to Mars and make it my home.
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We all have roles in life. I'm a dad, a husband, this and that, but basically I only feel justified in being alive when I'm on the stage.
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I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
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The same old hypocrisy. Life is a fight, and the strongest wins. All civilization does is hide the blood and cover up the hate with pretty words!
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In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture.
