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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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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What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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The same law that shapes the earth-star shapes the snow-star. As surely as the petals of a flower are fixed, each of these countless snow-stars comes whirling to earth...these glorious spangles, the sweeping of heaven's floor.
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We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.
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I don't think the disruptor and the business model of a disruptor necessarily is an indication of the topography of the future. If it did, you would say then that everyone will make high-end electric cars, when the answer is clearly no.
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I love opera. I love jazz, especially Mingus. This makes me sound highbrow. I'm not.
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If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want to read as much about it as you can, see it live and watch as many games as you can. If you're the type who wants to be as involved as you can in the sport, you're probably going to want to play 'Madden NFL.'
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We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.
