John Naisbitt Quotes
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In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world had shifted to the right.
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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It's true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.
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I had an agent who spent eight years - eight years! - trying to sell my stories. She sold other people's work; she just didn't sell mine.
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I always believed in my characters. I lived them.
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One's ignorance is one's chief asset.
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I like to be goofy. I like to make people laugh. I like to have a good time as much as possible.
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The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.
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I was deeply involved in the decision that President Jimmy Carter made to boycott the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.
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There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you don't want to do it-it isn't right. If it's right and you don't want to do it-you don't know what right is and you're not a man.
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It's like 60 Minutes on acid.
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I try to make fun of everyone as often as possible, especially minorities.
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Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality.
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We Chinese are instinctively democratic, and Dr. Sun's objective of universal suffrage evokes from all Chinese a ready and unhesitating response.
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The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.
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Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you.
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I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.
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Be nice to people whether you mean it or not. You never know when a kind word can make a difference in another person’s day – or maybe even his or her life.
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Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going.
