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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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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Being a celebrity is a business.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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I hate to talk about typecasting, because being typecast as Columbo ain't cancer.
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If we have no faith in ourselves and in the kind of future we can create together, we are fit only to follow, not to lead. Let us remember that the Bible contains two proverbs we cannot afford to forget. The first is ""Man does not live by bread alone"" and the second is ""Where there is no vision, the people perish.""
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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
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I think fashion takes itself way too seriously. It's just fashion, people. It's just clothes. It should be frivolous and fun. You're not meant to see it as church and pray to a blouse.
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I'm a huge movie nerd.
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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.
