Jeffrey Skoll Quotes

As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.'

Jeffrey Skoll

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I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?

John Steinbeck

LifeFeelMy LifeGuiltWhyNever

At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

Steve Earle

HomeSoccerPhoneI CanThreeWant

I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.

Tony Bennett

LifeSimpleJobMeNameYou

The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

Tom Cotton

RevolutionYearsBeenLebanonSaudi

I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.

Matt Bomer

ChristmasWayGotGradeAsked

I've never taken myself too seriously, I'm not into that.

Jonny Lee Miller

MyselfSeriouslyNeverTakenToo

Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all.

DeRay Mckesson

CommunityJusticeEquityWelfare

I don't research anything.

Derek Bailey

ResearchAnything

The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.'

David Suzuki

FutureCreativityCreativeCurious

It's funny with jeans now, because if they don't feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don't have patience for them anymore! I think I'm becoming increasingly lazy.

Claire Danes

FunnyPatienceThinkFeelNowLazy

If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next.

Bruce Sterling

HandsFindWillMilitaryStanding

Sucking up to the biggies won't get us anywhere.

Alice Walker

UpUsGetAnywhereSucking

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