Ulrich Beck Quotes
Electronic communication makes possible what has previously been excluded: namely, active, simultaneous and reciprocal contact between individuals across all frontiers constituted by countries, religions and continents.
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Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
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When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.
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I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
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When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.
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Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.
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As a communication medium, social media is a critical tool for terror groups to exploit.
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Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
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I was bitten by an octopus.
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We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.
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Electronic communication makes possible what has previously been excluded: namely, active, simultaneous and reciprocal contact between individuals across all frontiers constituted by countries, religions and continents.
