Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Over the next decade, there will be disruption as significant as the Internet was for publishing, where blockchain is going to disrupt dozens of industries, one being capital markets and Wall Street.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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I don't have to come up with the best idea. It is my job to make sure that it is always the best idea that wins.
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You can't just stick someone's name on a headphone that doesn't know anything about sound.
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We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.
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Some people come up and say they would like me to play Boba Fett again.
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I don't hate redheads! The millionaire men - wealthy men - never pick them. Every time I offer them they say no. I could say the most gorgeous redhead in the world and they'll say no, they don't want it. Now if you ask an Irish guy in Ireland, he says 'yes,' because that's indigenous to that country.
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Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
