Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes
We desperately need to recognise that we are the guests, not the masters, of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the costs and benefits to all people, and bound by the limits of nature herself rather than the limits of technology and consumerism.
Quotes to Explore
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.
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For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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When I'm doing my own makeup, I just stick to a bit of black liner, some blush and a nude glossy lip.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.
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Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
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I think that with Donald Trump, the United States will have a president who is not ideologically limited; that is, he is an open person, much more interested in success, efficiency, and results than political theories.
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We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.
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My background was fairly conservative, and I think there's a strong notion of duty in a background like that, and I don't think that's always helpful.
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And Cape Town is not what it used to be. Foreigners have left their imprint on our culture.
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Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.
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I should dread to disfigure the beautiful ideal of the memories of illustrious persons with incongruous features, and to sully the imaginative purity of classical works with gross and trivial recollections.
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A few years ago, a friend said to me: "You do realize, Ian, when X-Men and Lord of the Rings come out, your life will totally change?" I didn't know what he was talking about, but he was right. My life has totally changed - but in a good way. Unbeknownst to me, it's given me a lot more confidence.
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Changing from Sevilla to Barca is huge in every sense, and it's not easy, but having a private life so full of love helps. I get strength from my two girls. And my philosophy is enjoy it.
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We desperately need to recognise that we are the guests, not the masters, of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the costs and benefits to all people, and bound by the limits of nature herself rather than the limits of technology and consumerism.
