Walter Munk Quotes
People should treat the oceans like we do anything else that we care about - with consideration, with care, and affection. That's it. For that we must educate.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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All the reasons that have made software so successful are beginning to happen with hardware. So much can be done so quickly, prototyped so rapidly, and the costs are so low.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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I was always trying to get people to fix things that are wrong. Now, it was, 'How do I make things that are going good go better?
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works better that way. And society at large will work better as well if we can get rid of these old institutions and hierarchies. New innovations like the block chain can make this possible.
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My life was made easy - I lived in a village, and by writing for some newspapers and magazines, had enough to live on. I was happy to be there and write.
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In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.
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I'm not going to disappear.
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I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing.
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I would love to do a drama. I did a couple of episodes of The Good Wife, which is more of a drama. I really liked that; I thought it was interesting. A lot of my favorite comedies play out as dramas.
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People should treat the oceans like we do anything else that we care about - with consideration, with care, and affection. That's it. For that we must educate.
