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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Too much comedy is filthy these days. There's nothing they won't say. I like Jimmy Carr, but I don't like the language he uses. I don't understand why he feels it necessary; I find it extremely offensive.
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From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in Vietnam, I decided that I would focus on immediate goals that inspired me to devote all of my energy to them, rather than putting together the more cautious and traditional building blocks of a predictable career.
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If we can keep our heads—and our nerve—the long-awaited economic miracle is in our grasp. Britain can achieve in the Seventies what Germany and France achieved in the Fifties and Sixties.
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The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist.
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Producing is figuring out how to make each character have a distinct voice, how to make the story twist and turn - that's the biggest challenge.
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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.
