Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Quotes
The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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In Germany I am not so famous.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.
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Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
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I've never been a calm, midrange type person.
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I tend to be overly responsible for other people's feelings.
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My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer.
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There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
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The most dangerous infections of humans have always been those which have emerged from other species.
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When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth they were creating was conceded only after riots and strikes.
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The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.
