Aubrey de Grey Quotes
Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.
Quotes to Explore
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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A burnt child loves the fire.
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Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also.
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The relationship between a civilization's socio-economic structure and its culture is perhaps the most complicated of all problems for the sociologist.
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If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.
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Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.
