Peter Diamandis Quotes
Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity.
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
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I'm not an economist; I'm a hacker who has spent his career exploring and repairing large networks.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion.
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Why do men outperform women on the SAT? The SAT's supposed to predict college grades. Women do better in high school and they do better in college. What's the problem here? Ah, the more you use, the more you start accepting that the SAT's coachable, the more problems you have with it.
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Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano.
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I try to see what the priorities are and not get terribly fussed about things that don't matter. Not be swept away by feelings and emotions, which is my tendency.
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Some people say that their pets will tell them when it's time to go. I don't believe that. No animal of mine has ever told me he was ready to die. I wish it were that simple. Dogs can communicate, but they cannot talk, nor do they think in our language or on our terms.
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I hate it when theater people go on about professionalism - aren't they boring? I try to be as unprofessional as possible. And I'm a little bit politically incorrect.
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Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.
