Alfred North Whitehead Quotes
It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
Quotes to Explore
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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.
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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I'd always fantasized about writing a new play. Even when I had all this success in television, what I was daydreaming about in my dressing room is that one day I would do it.
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After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government will help them out.
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When you have young children, it is hard to see live performances. Unless I am in it. I do manage to see my husband Rupert Goold's work, of course.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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Yeah, I like clothes, but I hardly ever go shopping. Hardly ever!
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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Yes, the upper reaches of society are still dominated by men.
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The constant in all the businesses I've become a part of is taking what I do and making it real for everyone. I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.
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Any government has to be friendly with investors and the business community. They provide jobs, new investments; they keep the country running.
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There are 1.3 billion people in China, and they all want a Buick.
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There are a lot of really fabulous things that get done with digital assets and blockchain technologies to reduce friction, to reduce costs, and enable things that weren't possible before.
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The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people.
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The Wonderful pistachios campaign is a great example - I don't involve myself with a project I don't feel passionate about. I could talk your ear off about internal statistics for WWE and what we have planned for the future. Why do I know that stuff? Because I like to do all that stuff.
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Every picture I make, every experience of my private life, every lesson I learn are the keys to my future. And I have faith in it.
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We lived in Colorado, and my parents were outdoorsy mountain people. My father would always say, 'Go out and don't come back until you have something to show me.' Which meant he wanted me to come back with a scraped knee or an injury. When I went out to play, I felt like I'd better get hurt.
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It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
