Alistair Cooke Quotes
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I said a long time ago that Foursquare can make cities better. You have these augmented realities like Foursquare and Twitter and Facebook that provide these virtual nodes and instant feedback from anywhere, adding annotation around a physical places.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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Yes, I'm proud to be indigenous. I'm half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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Have the courage to act instead of react.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.
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African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
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I am a big music nerd.
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Luiheid mag aantrekkelijk schijnen, werken geeft bevrediging.
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When you first start out with something new, you're always a little uptight.
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The book has had a good run. For 550 years, it was the most practical way to deliver writing to multiple readers.
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There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors.
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If I had to pick a hero, it would be Charles Darwin--the size of his mind, which included all that scientific curiosity and knowledge seeking, and the ability to put it all together. There is a genuine spirituality about Darwin's thinking.
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Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.
