Luther Burbank Quotes
When the wise plant developer goes into his garden or orchard... his eyes turn always first and foremost to the leaves...
Quotes to Explore
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As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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But I think we need the international market.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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You're never going to learn everything.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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A secret is a secret in my mind.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.
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I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
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If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.
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So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
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Overseas directors who want to work in Hollywood, the language barrier is not a problem. With the right talent, any director can be successful.
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Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.
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If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.
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Your house sounds like a train at midday, the wasps buzz, the saucepans sing, the waterfall enumerates the deeds of the dew . . .
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When the wise plant developer goes into his garden or orchard... his eyes turn always first and foremost to the leaves...
