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John Boyd Orr Quotes

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Power Revenge Lust Defeat Glory Out

As long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Power Men People Voting Hypocrisy

I'm grateful that on a lot of casts I've gained friends for life. But it's more of a rare thing than a normal thing. I have a small group of friends, and I just, uh, feel fulfilled by the people that are in my life.

Life Grateful People Small My Life

In a time when consumers desperately want to trust businesses - but they just don't - influencer marketing is one way to overcome this problem.

Time Trust Problem Marketing Want

Why is it so hard for the IMF and the U.S. government to understand that putting out the fire comes before fireproofing the building?

Fire Government Building Understand

Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored in each human brain - to be used when needed. The political and financial powers controlling schools decide what these salient points are.

Knowledge Brain Financial Political

I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do.

Searching Tell Ways Columbia

For the first time in evolution as a species, we're hitting an energy ceiling.

Time Energy Evolution First Time

Simply by starting to cook again, you declare your independence from the culture of fast food. As soon as you cook, you start thinking about ingredients. You start thinking about plants and animals and not the microwave. And you will find that your diet, just by that one simple act, that is greatly improved.

Food Culture Simple Plants Start

I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.

Government War See Out Leave Get

I'm not a partisan.

Douglas Brinkley

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

Language Learn Study University

What I've learned how to do as I've gotten older is to take all of the information that I have, and push it aside, and try to distill each song into an emotional theme. The hardest thing that I've ever had to learn how to do in playing music is use the sound of my instrument to create an emotional effect.

Wynton Marsalis

Music Song Learn Push Information

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