Noreena Hertz Quotes
Most philanthropists would still rather donate to elite schools, concert halls or religious groups than help the poor or sick.
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In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.
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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing.
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My dad wouldn't buy me tight pants. I had to get my own money to buy them.
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I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.
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In the potential of absurdity, hiding in the disparate combination of the various different subjects which in themselves are nothing but daily items equally in the exclusive representation of a normal item taken out of their usual context , is by far the most radical - in its effect comparable to a Japanese Zen koan - paradox to be witnessed, which modern art has produced, one of the most forceful impulses that generated from it.
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Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.
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The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.
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A goal gets us motivated,while a good habit keeps us stay motivated.
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If you can only believe! If you will only believe! Then nothing, nothing, will be impossible for you! That is the truth and the Gospel, and it is wonderful. It's the good news.
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And therefore in geometry (which is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind), men begin at settling the significations of their words; which settling of significations, they call definitions, and place them in the beginning of their reckoning.
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The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.
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The "religion of pity" to which people would like to convert us- oh, we know well enough the hysterical little men and women who need this religion at present as a veil and an adornment!
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One cannot simply decide to write apolitical poetry, in the way one decides to drink lemonade instead of tea, it's far more subliminal than that.
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Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you're going to have a high rate of crime.
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Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.
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Most philanthropists would still rather donate to elite schools, concert halls or religious groups than help the poor or sick.
