Peter Diamandis Quotes
When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.
Quotes to Explore
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I get homesick.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are.
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We are a breathtakingly alienated people... One of my props is the world's largest underpants. I've had the president of Costa Rica in my underpants with me.
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Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.
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The Night is Mother of the Day,The Winter of the Spring,And ever upon old DecayThe greenest mosses cling.
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My uncles represented a strength and a power I think that to a certain degree I looked up to. But from another perspective, I had really no artist role models to fall under. No guidance in terms of intellect. In terms of not having to relate to a physical persona to get through. I wanted to relate, combine the physical personal, combine the machismo with intellect, with intelligence, with craftsmanship, with creating works that people would just look at and their jaws would just drop open, and "Wow! This is like incredible work!"
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Long before I fell in love with writing, I fell in love with reading. Sometimes, honestly, I feel like I'm cheating on my first love when I settle into my office chair to start work on the latest manuscript.
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In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.
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When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.
