Carroll Quigley Quotes
A state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis.
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I like to keep my private life private.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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I guess I am a rapper. It's weird to be called that, or tell someone that's your profession.
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Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy.
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I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in any deep sense about morality, or with regard to what they value in life. I think this doubt about the application of science and reason to questions of value is really quite dangerous.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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I like to impress myself when I dress.
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I love twins stories.
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I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel.
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You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins' name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn't have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.
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There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We are not Sony.
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Women will risk their lives to protect children, but rarely risk their lives to protect an adult man.
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Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.
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I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.
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As a kid, I had to be funny.
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Turning 90 is not for sissies.
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People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.
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Be brave. Cowards always get hurt. Brave men generally come out unharmed.
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Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.
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Organization has to come from an agreement about principles, rather than just the need to coordinate: so as much as we must all act today in a concerted manner, that should not be the ground of an organization.
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A state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis.
