Dan Buettner Quotes
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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I wouldn't ever pose naked... I'm fine to do bikinis and certainly lingerie if I feel it's done tastefully... cute like Victoria's Secret, but nothing like raunchy or overly sexual.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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Our leaders must hear us speaking on behalf of our brothers and sisters in South Sudan. If the moral duty to save lives and work toward peace is not compelling enough to drive decision-makers, we must remind them that we care and will hold them accountable.
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
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There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.
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I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
Biz Stone -
We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society.
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When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it's in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are able to enter that world, it's a special thing.
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When you have a lot of money, there's so many places you can go to manage your money. But when you don't have money, mathematically you actually need a financial plan more. You can't really afford to make mistakes. So why is this such a luxury product?
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
