Nayef Al-Rodhan Quotes
Cultural and ethnic diversity benefit humanity’s future, survival, strength and excellence, promoting what I call cultural vigour, similar to the way in which molecular and genetic diversity promote 'hybrid vigor' in nature and thus strength, resilience and a higher potential for a problem-free future.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project 'Artificial Intelligence,' which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio.
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As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.
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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
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Sunlight is painting.
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Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.
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You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature.
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It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.
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I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a different vision of humanity and my life.
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Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their money.
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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
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Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.
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Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.
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Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: it's called the free market. That's how most people's salaries are set, after all, including those of major-league baseball players and European soccer players.
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India is a country of empty words, not action. Only repeating, 'Mera Bharat Mahaan' won't help. Learn to finish the race first in order to finish first.
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Cultural and ethnic diversity benefit humanity’s future, survival, strength and excellence, promoting what I call cultural vigour, similar to the way in which molecular and genetic diversity promote 'hybrid vigor' in nature and thus strength, resilience and a higher potential for a problem-free future.
