John Burdett Quotes

I discovered that Thailand was one of those countries, like Sri Lanka and India, where memory of past lives used to be commonplace. Go back a few generations, and you find people talking about earlier lives with total certainty.

John Burdett

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PastMemoryPeopleTalkingYouFind

The old way of doing 'good business' was based on the principle, 'the ends justifies the means.' In the future, good business will invoke 'the means justifying the ends.' The E P&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits.

Jochen Zeitz

GoodFutureBusinessDoingHelpWay

I talk like I know what I'm saying, but I don't.

Amanda Seyfried

SayingKnowTalkLike

I like doing weights and cardio and some jump rope.

Stella Maxwell

DoingJumpRopeCardioLikeSome

A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

Tre Cool

YouGetInstrumentDrummersLot

You do know what's coming up when you're translating. I suppose the concentration, then, is on finding a formulation which is speakable and in character - and economical as well, actually.

Tom Stoppard

CharacterFindingYouKnowUpWell

My wife - an ex journalist and current TV producer - has a rule that she taught me at the start of B3ta. Does the item make you laugh, or does it make you go, 'Oh my God?' If you score on either count, then you have something that is worth sharing.

Rob Manuel

GodWifeMeStartLaughYou

I'm great at dishwashing.

Mirai Nagasu

Great

Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world.

Miroslav Volf

WorldUnderstandingOnlyTheology

We can't stop the development of smarter and smarter artificial intelligences. So our alternative is to make ourselves smarter so that we always stay one step ahead.

Louis B. Rosenberg

StepStopAheadDevelopmentAlways

My love for artichokes comes from when I was very young. My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they would be crispy around the leaves and tender at the base.

Jose Andres

LoveFatherMotherYoungHearts

Wall Street excesses helped lead to the Great Recession.

Chuck Schumer

GreatWallStreetLeadRecession

A lot of straight people think I'm nuts.

Pia Zadora

PeopleThinkNutsStraightLot

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