Peter Diamandis Quotes
The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child.
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For most people, it is enough for the world to know that they aspire. The world does not ask what their aspirations are, trusting that those aspirations are for the best and greatest things. But with regard to the Negroes in America, there is a feeling that their aspirations in some way are not consistent with the great ideals.
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I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
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I always watch the work I do.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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No one can complain about earning good money, but for me, it's being able to help my family out, put my brother and sister through school, take my family on holiday. That's where I get the biggest buzz, not buying a pair of £500 shoes.
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I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.
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The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
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I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.
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My autobiography is a digressive illustration and exemplification of what race has meant in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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There aren't as many girl superheroes, but there are cool ones. Banshee, for instance.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Around the world today we're seeing an incredible transformation, from what I would call a biocidal species, one that - whether we intentionally or unintentionally - have designed our systems to kill life, a lot of the time.
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Sometimes it feels like I've been in the business forever, but then other times, it feels like kind of a flash. Growing up, all I wanted to do was sing. All I wanted to do was get on a bus and ride around the country and sing for people and be a household name.
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I want to spread the message in the U.S. that there are good philanthropists in China, and not all are crazy spenders on luxury goods.
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The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child.
