Umair Haque Quotes
Let’s summarize. What is awesomeness? Awesomeness happens when thick — real, meaningful — value is created by people who love what they do, added to insanely great stuff, and multiplied by communities who are delighted and inspired because they are authentically better off. That’s a better kind of innovation, built for 21st century economics.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
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But now the seeds are planted and the gates are opened wideThe old ways are forgotten there is no place left to hideAnd the legacy I'm leaving you is not very hard to findYou'll see it all around you at this crossroads of timeIn the sweet soil its a growing at the crossroads of time
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In what way can a man believing in God cease believing due to his personal vanity? There are only two ways. The man should either begin to think himself a rival of God, or he may begin to believe himself to be God.
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Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
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The challenge of pollution and global warming is no longer the science, or the rate of innovation, but the rate of implementation: We have the clean solutions; now let's bundle them and install them.
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Let’s summarize. What is awesomeness? Awesomeness happens when thick — real, meaningful — value is created by people who love what they do, added to insanely great stuff, and multiplied by communities who are delighted and inspired because they are authentically better off. That’s a better kind of innovation, built for 21st century economics.
