Peter Diamandis Quotes
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
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Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
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In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
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I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
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The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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Sony is the coolest studio. They are really amazing. I think part of it comes from they're not an American corporation. They don't work by quite the same rules. And their studio heads have a lot of autonomy.
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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
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When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America has many people in it of African descent.
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At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.
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British women can be slightly more reserved; Scottish are a little more crazy and fun, and American are more forthright, which I really enjoy.
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After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.
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My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution.
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I am not really brand-conscious; I pick out clothes that appeal to me regardless of the label, but I consider my style very American.
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I've been watching 'American Idol' half my life, and I wanted to audition since I was 8.
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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
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I was painfully shy, so my aunt suggested to my mum that me and my brother go to Stage 84, a performing arts school in Yorkshire. I've probably romanticised it in my head, but I seem to remember that in the space of an hour's drama workshop, I was transformed. I went in really shy, and I came out full of confidence.
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Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed.
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There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.
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In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died.
