John Naisbitt Quotes
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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Some people have a blog that's, like, 'Today I brushed my teeth.' Well, who cares? Who cares that you brushed your teeth. Okay - you brushed your teeth! That's so massively egocentric, it's just ridiculous.
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I like to post positive content, and I like to try and make people smile. That's why those videos are popular. I don't fake it.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
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The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world.
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Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.
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There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.
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The preservation of health is easier than the cure for disease.
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I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.
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Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
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Data isn't information; information isn't knowledge; knowledge isn't wisdom.
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We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.
