John Boyd Orr Quotes

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty.

John Boyd Orr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: September 23, 1880 - June 25, 1971

Topics

LifeChangePeaceWorldBelieve

People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.

Jenny Slate

PeopleWantSeeJokesWhere

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the hook.

Sidney Blumenthal

InvestigationClearOffHookWere

I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.

Rod Stewart

SongI CanInsideAlwaysSeemGet

I always liked the idea that Thor was the god who'd wake up every day and look at that hammer and not know whether he was going to pick it up. Only the worthy can lift the hammer of Thor, and I love the idea of a god who was always questioning his own worthiness.

Jason Aaron

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There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.

Josh Duhamel

YourselfStartThinkYouFallBad

I can never understand how a solo could ever be 'uncool.' Play something good, and it won't be uncool, you know?

Dimebag Darrell

GoodYouI CanPlayKnowUnderstand

It's such a cliche thing to say. I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want to write music, I want to play music, I want to sing. For me, it's never-ending. I want to do it all, really.

Derek Hough

MusicMePlaySayWantWrite

I went to the school of hard knocks.

Debbie Reynolds

SchoolHardKnocks

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.

Boris Becker

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I don't go there much. You're thrilled that people would recognize what you're doing in such a grand kind of way. But, just like you don't know if anybody's really going to like what you're doing when you put a record out or if anybody's going to pay attention to it, you can't really go there.

Alison Krauss

PeopleDoingAttentionYouGoKnow

It would be ridiculous for me to say I am unlucky, but, like any other family and any other girl, I've had my ups and downs.

Poppy Delevingne

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People have the strangest ideas about dwarves.

Peter Dinklage

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