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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Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
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You can't build a revolution with no education. Jomo Kenyatta did this in Africa, and because the people were not educated, he became as much an oppressor as the people he overthrew.
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We have the fact we sell out every week to 67,500 and hopefully 75,000 in the future. We have a lot of assets.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.
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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.
