Karim Rashid Quotes
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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If an alien race lands on the planet Earth tomorrow and asks me to prove I'm really here, what do I do? What do I give them? What do I tell them? What do I show them? I can't sing or dance. I can't paint. I've never built anything, and I've never contributed anything significant to the human race.
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Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.
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Music is something everyone on Earth can share. Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy.
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Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
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I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.
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The United Nations World Charter for Nature, section 21, empowers any nongovernmental organisation or individual to uphold international conservation law in areas beyond national jurisdiction and specifically on the high seas.
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You don't just let a guy drop off the earth and not come together with everybody who knew him and loved him and respected him. You try to do it the right way.
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It's quite possible that the end of us will not be the end of the Earth. Even if we really screw things up and things go badly for us and our civilization, the Earth is pretty resilient.
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Nature is the art of God.
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I don't believe in reincarnation. I feel like we're here for such an appallingly brief period of time. I believe we each get this one trip, and if we're really, really fortunate, maybe we get 70 or 80 years on Earth.
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There is a tendency in nature to the continued progression of certain classes of varieties further and further from the original type.
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The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still.
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If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they strew in their tracks; and how, while they marched on with tread of iron and plumes proudly tossing in the breeze, some one must follow closely in their steps, crouching to the earth, toiling in the rain and darkness, shelterless themselves, with no thought of pride or glory, fame or praise, or reward; hearts breaking with pity, faces bathed in tears and hands in blood. This is the side which history never shows.
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As is the garden such is the gardener. A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.
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We had various kinds of tape-recorded concerts and popular music. But by the end of the flight what we listened to most was Russian folk songs. We also had recordings of nature sounds: thunder, rain, the singing of birds. We switched them on most frequently of all, and we never grew tired of them. It was as if they returned us to Earth.
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I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.
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We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
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I'm fond of my werecats, if only because I have four real-world felines staring at me as I type.
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I do not think that any realism is beautiful.
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These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness.
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If your family - just because they're blood doesn't mean that they necessarily give you the best advice.
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Why are we here on earth? To create. It's in our nature.
