Richard Scott Bakker Quotes
A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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I think it's important that things are flawed.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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Where do you get lumpy tiles? Well, of course, you don't. But I get a lot of toilets, and so you just dispatch a toilet with a hammer, and then you have lumpy tiles.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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There's nothing I really believe about 50 Cent.
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I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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When you play piano, your left hand and right hand are synced. Your brain basically has a clock, so that the right hand knows that 0.3 seconds after I hit this key, I need to hit that one. And the right hand knows not to hit keys that the left hand is playing, so the hands do not collide.
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' for price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.
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We have overwhelming evidence that available information plus analysis does not lead to knowledge. The management science team can properly analyse a situation and present recommendations to the manager, but no change occurs. The situation is so familiar to those of us who try to practice management science that I hardly need to describe the cases.
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There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.
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I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself.
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I don't have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It's not about that for me.
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A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.
