Buzz Aldrin Quotes
Us reaching the moon convinced Gorbachev and other leaders that the Soviet Union couldn't compete with the U.S., so they revised their agenda. But people have short memories.
Quotes to Explore
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I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
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It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress - because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing - to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this.
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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.
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I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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I actually hope people don't react to 'Impossible' in a way where they think it's terribly retro. The plot needed to do what it needed to do. But I'm a little surprised to find myself looking a little bit like an advocate of teen marriage. It takes some exceptional circumstances for that to be a reasonable idea.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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I don't think of myself as a gearhead or a motorcyclist. I'm not that young, and this is like another life of mine. But the people I know from that era think of me that way.
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There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us.
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Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.
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I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head.
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Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power.
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The way you see and know yourself is also referred to as self-perception.
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The first 20 years had such a profound effect on me, I spent the next 20 dealing with them.
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Us reaching the moon convinced Gorbachev and other leaders that the Soviet Union couldn't compete with the U.S., so they revised their agenda. But people have short memories.
