Arthur Koestler Quotes
The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeletons of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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In the late 1960s, I ended up in Telluride, Colorado. It wasn't like the country club that it is now. It was very raw. Skiing was there, but snowboarders have now entirely overrun it.
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I've been training quite hard.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Big ideas developed in a vacuum are doomed from the start. Feedback is the essential tool for building and growing a successful company.
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The one thing you shouldn't do is try to tell a cab driver how to get somewhere.
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All progress is the work of individuals.
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The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's what happens in all of them.
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As woman was the first to be tempted, so did God's message of grace come first to a woman, and each time woman's assent determined the destiny of humanity as a whole.
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The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeletons of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
