Cees Nooteboom Quotes
Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all its varying forms, perhaps then we would understand ourselves better. The question of course is whether the other animals would approve of it.

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But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.
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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
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It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
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I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned.
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I grew up thinking that I would become a fighter pilot and was fascinated by aircrafts as I had grown up around that. But my father encouraged me to not become an Air Force person, given the varied interests I had, be it books, movies, sports or fighter flying.
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Materiam superabat opus
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In the lost battle,Borne down by the flying,Where mingles war's rattleWith groans of the dying.
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The Man Penal settlement. Do you know whats happening there? The murders, the starvation, the complete breakdown of law and order.
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Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market;Knowledge needful for all, yet cannot be had for the asking.
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If I'm at home, I get up around 7:30. If I have time, I like to do some exercise. My current favourite is 'hot' yoga. If I'm filming, I will go to the office or set, and then take meetings.
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Thinking in generations also means enabling our young to have a decent standard of living.
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I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.
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I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all its varying forms, perhaps then we would understand ourselves better. The question of course is whether the other animals would approve of it.