Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.
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I think it's important that things are flawed.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting mirror and do their thing, pose, dance. I love that moment!
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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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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I used to have 20/20 vision, believe it or not; that's gone because of all the reading I did when I wasn't supposed to, reading in the back of a car, waiting for each street light to go past so I could grab another sentence.
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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You have to constantly redefine who you are.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.
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Just because something is working today doesn't mean it will work forever.
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Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.
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I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.
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More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant.
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The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation.
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Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
