Ulrich Beck Quotes
In their daily lives, people can see they are affected by questions that do not only relate to one location, but affect civilization as a whole.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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There's been a gap between perception and reality, the perception being that California is on the cutting edge of gun safety legislation when, in fact, there are a number of areas where we have fallen behind.
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I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.
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Governors compete. States compete. People & businesses decide.
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Reason gains all people by compelling none.
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People are attracted to your light because they want it for themselves. It's like fireflies. When we were kids in New York, we would visit my dad and catch fireflies because we were so attracted to their light. Put them in jars next to our bed, and then they'd die. Then we'd go out the next night and get another firefly. That's how people are.
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There are things I back off from trying to talk about, you know. Particularly my own work. Also, there may be things better left unsaid. At times I'd much rather talk about other (people's) work.
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Films set in 90210 are ten a penny. But there's rarely room to make films about a different postal code, to show the lives of ordinary Americans who have to live with very limited material resources.
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In their daily lives, people can see they are affected by questions that do not only relate to one location, but affect civilization as a whole.
