Ulrich Beck Quotes
The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.

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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a bit of a cry because it messes with your head.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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The poor and minorities are disproportionately both crime's perpetrators and its victims. People are saddened when this happens but not surprised.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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Time has changed and now is the age of spending.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Tranvestism is far more common among men, I noted, because it originates in the primary relation of mother and son.
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'...But love is like the measles; the later in life it affects you, the more severe the consequences' 'Is there anything you can take for it?' 'Only wedding vows'
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We are creating the new Atlanta, along with Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug. We bring the spaghetti, put it in the bowl, mix it together, and we make the new Atlanta.
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When I finished 'True History of the Kelly Gang,' I realised that Faulkner had not lost his power over me.
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If you had told me in 1997 that even 5 people would be waiting online for me to sign my new book in 2009, I would have jumped around like Joe Carter in the 1993 World Series. I love it. I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't like it. The only thing I worry about is carpal tunnel syndrome - my last tour almost caused it.
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The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.