Ramez Naam Quotes
We know the climate is changing. We don't know if it will be really bad or nearly apocalyptic. Both are within the realm of possibility.
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As far as an actor-director connection, I think those can develop, and when they do, they're really great, and you just cultivate it like you would any relationship or friendship. If you find that something special, it helps down the line when you want to do more projects with each other.
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I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.
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The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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I've directed independent film.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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My personality is extremely unbalanced.
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Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I think golf is literally an addiction. I'm surprised there's not Golf Anonymous.
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And you look at what you did wrong because I guarantee you they're going to know everything we did wrong. The opportunities they missed. . . . I'm sure they're looking at that.
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There's a good lesson for policymakers: It's not the presence of the U.S. that is a problem for many people in the Arab region; it's the type of presence we bring.
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I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you.
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I think there are moral obligations, and I think there are economic transactions. So I think that chores are good; I think that allowances are good. I think combining them is bad.
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We know the climate is changing. We don't know if it will be really bad or nearly apocalyptic. Both are within the realm of possibility.
