Jeremy Rifkin Quotes

It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic.

Jeremy Rifkin

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LifeScienceLogicProblemWillOut

My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.

Jessica Simpson

LifeMotherStyleIconWholeBeen

I think French women tend to keep it simple. I'd say try the less-is-more approach, which is not always easy to get right.

Jeanne Damas

WomenSimpleThinkEasySayTry

I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal.

John Waters

HateDayMondayFakeHolidaysYou

I won an amateur night, October 8th, 1985. I went to work the next day and quit my job.

Steve Harvey

WorkDayJobNightQuitNext

Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA has the ability to more stringently regulate dust. If the EPA determines more stringent standards are necessary, family farmers and ranchers, as well as rural economies, would be devastated.

Stephen Fincher

FamilyMoreCleanFarmersAbility

I believe and support the feminist movement, but I am not generally interested in considering women's rights in relation to equality with men, or in a competition with men, but rather within their own rights and feminine space.

Shirin Neshat

WomenMenCompetitionSupportSpace

Even though intense focus on Iran's nuclear program has presumably increased the volume of intelligence gathered about it, it remains true that intelligence officers tend to rely heavily on a few trusted sources.

Ronen Bergman

FocusIntelligenceTrueIntenseEven

We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.

Mary Beard

MistakesMistakeWorldThinkBetter

I never understand when people say, 'Do you do comedy or tragedy?' I don't think they're very much different. They both have to be true, and there isn't a great play in the world that doesn't have funny parts to it - as 'Salesman' does, as 'King Lear' does. The whole idea is to reflect life in some way, which means surely you have to have both.

Mike Nichols

LifeFunnyGreatKingPeopleWorld

Life has a great deal up its sleeve.

Joseph Brodsky

LifeGreatUpDealSleeve

I remember being a kid and saying, 'One day, I'm going to have a ranch. One day, one day, one day.' And now, I'm fighting in the UFC. I'm here making the money, and that one day is here. I can finally go get those things that I want.

Donald Cerrone

MoneyDaySayingFightingRemember

My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and moved to wherever there was work at the time. And in rural Oklahoma, that wasn't easy to find.

Chuck Norris

WorkFamilyMotherChildrenGreat

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