Maurice Strong Quotes
We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.
Quotes to Explore
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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I write in a small office at home.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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My introduction to the Madonna Inn came as a young boy when we would take summer vacations to a nearby town. My dad would take us into their gift shop bathroom, which was a huge waterfall that functioned as the men's urinal. So as a kid, this was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I've been training quite hard.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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If it hadn't worked out professionally, I would be teaching music theory and composition in a small college somewhere and playing drums in a jazz trio at the Holiday Inn on weekends, and I'd be happy there, too.
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I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
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It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.
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But we have reached a turning-point. We must make a decision: shall we remain a child-like people, giving little thought to our Future, till someday we find that we have none?
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Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.
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I've mostly been a happy-go-lucky kind of guy.
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We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.
