Ian Goldin Quotes
Human activity is having a major impact on the planet. We consume or have diverted a large proportion of the productivity of the land and oceans. Our hunger for land crowds out fellow species. Our waste products pollute the waters, warm the atmosphere and acidify the oceans.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
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Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
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We want to bridge the digital gap to provide broadband access to 100 per cent of our educational institutions and to make it widely available to all people.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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I never was a very good singer.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
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Always be in the process of making a beautiful life.
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See the truth, and you will see me.
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It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing.
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It's pretty easy to decide to roll with the punches, to look at the enormity of natural disaster and choose to hunker down and do less. It's more important than ever, I think, to persist and make a dent in the universe instead. We've all been offered access to so many tools, so many valuable connections, so many committed people. What an opportunity.
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Human activity is having a major impact on the planet. We consume or have diverted a large proportion of the productivity of the land and oceans. Our hunger for land crowds out fellow species. Our waste products pollute the waters, warm the atmosphere and acidify the oceans.
