Ian Goldin Quotes
In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where societal need is greatest, and to allow trade-offs between alternative uses.
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The army is the true nobility of our country.
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I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thing that's been put on television in years. It's amazing.
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The most important thing that everybody can do, aside from building and keeping your network strong, is make good choices about your health.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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Whereas recessive traits require two bad copies of a gene to become noticeable, a dominant trait expresses itself no matter what the other copy does. A benign example of dominance: If you inherit one gene for sticky wet earwax and one gene for dry earwax, the sticky earwax gene wins out every time.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public to hear interviews like this and that there will be an inevitable amount of fewer interviews if people that the press talks to wind up thinking, well, it's not really a CBS correspondent.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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I immediately felt the need, back when I was a managing tech engineer, to attach myself to Nat Turner. And to research him and learn about him and try to find ways into his life that I could apply to my life.
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My parents are high school sweethearts.
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Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian.
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In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.
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Given our inability over the past two decades to deal with an unbreakable chain of unemployment, debt, inflation and no real growth, we have drifted farther and farther out into a cold, unfriendly, confusing sea. The new certitude of those in positions of authority - those out of the water - is that the certain answer is to cut away the life preservers.
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Bound together by our beliefs, we are like minded individuals, sharing a common vision, pushing toward a world rid of color lines.
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I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That's the magic of it to me.
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When my father was assassinated, I decided that I would not compete with his memory, but the priority would be to achieve his dream.
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In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where societal need is greatest, and to allow trade-offs between alternative uses.
