Peter Diamandis Quotes
If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
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I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'
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I began photographing in 1946. Before that, I was a painter and drawer, with my mother and father's support. They were a bit pissed when I went into photography. They thought photographers were guys who took pictures at weddings.
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We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest D.C. I was essentially raised by a Panamanian man and a Jamaican woman. That's why I have such a fascination with Jamaican food.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.
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I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.
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We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
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You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a lot, too, that sounds very Hispanic.
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My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
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Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary.
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My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'
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We have a lot of suspicion of robots in the West. But if you look cross-culturally, that isn't true. In Japan, in their science fiction, robots are seen as good. They have Astro Boy, this character they've fallen in love with and he's fundamentally good, always there to help people.
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If you can get some of the devil's money to use for the Lord's work, if you have to borrow it, it is all right and carry on the work.
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If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.
