Peter Diamandis Quotes
In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors' degrees or higher.Peter Diamandis
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
Felix Baumgartner -
The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
Otto Schily -
We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
Zoltan Kodaly -
I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
Jacob deGrom -
Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
Pat Buchanan -
A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
Nate Silver
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
Rafael Palmeiro -
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
Quentin Crisp -
I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
Quentin Tarantino -
I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
Nancy Wake -
Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
Ed Markey -
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
Zaha Hadid -
They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
H. Rap Brown -
The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
Jackson Katz -
The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
Jack Youngblood -
My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
Malala Yousafzai -
Really smart people don't want to say stupid things, and they really don't want to be a part of a PR-engineered interview. People really do want to be smart, and they want smart questions. So, if you ask smart questions, there's no way you can't do well.
Kara Swisher
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I like not being noticed. It has been a struggle because I love performing, but if I'm in a group of people and someone has a bigger personality, I'm like, 'Go ahead, and have fun!'
Amy Adams -
Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
I grew up in a very urban, bohemian family where everyone was a hippie or a pacifist. It was artistically and intellectually stimulating, but they were definitely not into outdoor sports or activities.
Alexander Skarsgard -
I was a sci-fi addict when I was a kid and a teenager. Novels, graphic novels, movies, it was my way to deal with reality.
Denis Villeneuve -
I have a huge voice, so it's a bit more like a Janis Joplin vibe than a younger rock vibe. And I think that's what throws people because they don't know how to take me. Even critics - they don't know how to swallow me because they're like, 'Well, she came up like a total pop act',
Kelly Clarkson -
In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors' degrees or higher.
Peter Diamandis