Peter Diamandis Quotes
Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.
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I tend not to wear accessories. I'm not one of those gals with a drawerful of amazing jewelry. I don't even have my ears pierced! But I have one bracelet that never comes off my wrist.
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Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.
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Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.
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For me, as an actor, there is no commercial or independent or art cinema. For me, it's a character that is given by the director. And it is a task for me that I have to fulfill it to the best of my ability regardless of the kind of film that it is.
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If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real estate values go 'boom!'
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I really believe in the power of music.
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How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?
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Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.
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I literally hate working out.
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This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it.
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We feel good. We are full of confidence. We take game after game and try to win every game.
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Team members need to be able to admit their weaknesses and mistakes, to acknowledge the strengths of others, and to apologize when they do something wrong.
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Slipstream fiction is usually defined as fiction with a contemporary setting in which story elements are mimetic (that is, seem real) - except for one or two eerie strangenesses. Unlike outright fantasy, these are not explained or integrated into an alternate-reality setting.
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The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.
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Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.
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It's good training for a novelist to try to discern the truth about a place after only a few glimpses of it.
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Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.
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All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.
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I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the other was Ricky Nelson. There was a difference in those two guys though. Elvis moved...Ricky never had to; he stood flat footed and captivated his audience with his good looks. We grew up with him; those who didn't missed something. History books are gonna have to say that he played a big role in Rock 'n' Roll music.... and he did it his way.
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Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.
