Norman Borlaug Quotes
Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.
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Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.
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What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.
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Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism; it is an important part of promoting peace.
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What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions.
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Pushing people forward simply because of their colour, irrespective of merit, would be most unfortunate and would of course lead to disaster. It would mean that Rhodesia would then develop into a kind of banana republic where the country would in no time be bankrupt.
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The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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Ma pensée, c'est moi: voilà pourquoi je ne peux pas m'arrêter. J'existe parce que je pense … et je ne peux pas m'empêcher de penser.
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I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write.
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There are 45 million children in Africa who are not in school. While other children are learning, exploring, and growing in the myriad ways that children were meant to grow, these children are trapped in a life of constant struggle. Without education, how can they be expected to escape such struggle? How can their children?
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First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.
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As a continent, I think there are opportunities for Asia to accept imports of Wyoming coal.
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I always wrote as a vehicle for expression but did not try writing for publication until my mid-thirties, at which time I started writing for magazines. I wrote essays and then short stories, then moved into novels.
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That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.
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Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.
