Achim Steiner Quotes
Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.
Quotes to Explore
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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You know, Castle, like anyone else, is a human being first. If you take a human being - especially a vain one like 'Castle' -and you bring in a gorgeous woman and have sparks fly, who can help themselves? What are you gonna do? Sparks happen!
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.
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My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange.
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The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
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When you want something so bad it hurts,” he said quietly, “and you bury it, bury it so deep that you convince yourself it no longer matters . . . and someone tells you you can have it, it's terrifying. What if you take the chance and you're wrong? What if you let yourself feel the loss and it's this huge pain and you can't put it back in the box?
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Socialism, reduced to its simplest legal and practical expression, means the complete discarding of the institution of private property by transforming it into public property, and the division of the resultant public income equally and indiscriminately among the entire population.
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We are working as hard as we can; we are preparing ourselves as carefully as we can; we fully intend to make our contribution to the world in the coming century.
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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Nature is earlier than man, but man is earlier than natural science.
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Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.
