John Naisbitt Quotes
I was totally surprised by the spread of the legalization of same-sex marriage. In just my lifetime we have gone from a taboo to even talk about homosexuality, to the sanction by governments of homosexual marriage. Few such large social considerations have ever before been turned over in such a short time.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.
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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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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian.
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I'm very very happy for my hardships and misfortunes: they build character and make you a better person. Even if I think it's something you have to carry with you, it's definitely something that makes you more empathic towards other people, makes you understand people and relationships so much better.
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I'm not a gambler, let's just say that, nor have I ever been a dealer at a casino.
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I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
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I took a great joy with inventing new kinds of mechanisms. I invented new kinds of machines. I've been a student of science fiction for a long, long time, and I'm very well-versed in science fact and science fiction.
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I was totally surprised by the spread of the legalization of same-sex marriage. In just my lifetime we have gone from a taboo to even talk about homosexuality, to the sanction by governments of homosexual marriage. Few such large social considerations have ever before been turned over in such a short time.
