Ian Bremmer Quotes
NASA is increasingly not the future of space exploration. I love the fact that we have private sector folks devoting a lot of money to stimulate innovation in space technology.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what this genre is.' I don't really fit in between Rihanna and Beyonce.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
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VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.
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Zhang Yimou is always going to need young, pretty girls for his films. But I don't really concern myself with what Zhang Yimou's next starlet looks like.
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I never meant to write about the experience of losing a good friend to breast cancer when I was going through it. But after it was over, I realized that although something deeply sad had happened, something truly beautiful also had.
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The focus around Circle China is really cross-border payments. If I'm a parent in China and my son is studying at London Business School, I might want to send 500 RMB. I should be able to do that and have my child instantly receive it as pounds sterling, in the same way people do that with instant messages today.
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Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it.
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Growing up in Minnesota, I had a lot of freedom to run around, and we had go-carts and four-wheelers and all that stuff. I like that adrenalin-rush stuff. I did a little bit of dance, but mostly sports.
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There are many evils in this country. The only remedy for every one of them is freedom for the nation.
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NASA is increasingly not the future of space exploration. I love the fact that we have private sector folks devoting a lot of money to stimulate innovation in space technology.
