John Sweeney Quotes

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.

John Sweeney

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FearSupportGlobalizationWillForm

We have to have a way of dealing with this that engenders confidence, trust, gives us every chance of getting the right outcome and boosts both sustainability and economic return at the same time.

John Anderson

ConfidenceTimeTrustChanceWay

I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to people very far from me.

Andrea Bocelli

ChangePeopleMeVoiceLanguageFar

When you see or hear something beautiful, it's like that thing is transmitting a kind of energy, and if that energy helped create the work, the only thing I can do is play it when I finally show the work.

Ann Demeulemeester

WorkBeautifulEnergyYouPlayKind

In 1941, the BBC was setting up local, low-powered transmitters that were switched off if there was an air raid so they couldn't be used by German planes to navigate. As a 'youth in training,' my job was to switch the transmitter on in the mornings and off at night, and to check that it, and the feeder land lines, were working.

Michael Bond

JobTrainingYouthNightLandAir

I mean, music totally comes from your soul.

Martin Scorsese

MusicSoulMeanYourTotally

QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent.

Miranda Otto

HistoryTalentLongAustralian

When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.

Missy Elliott

PeopleLookingWantSizeSeeBigger

Open source can propagate to fill all the nooks and crannies that people want it to fill.

Mitch Kapor

PeopleWantOpenSourceOpen Source

Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

Jose Marti

MenMountainsNationsPeaks

I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

Alicia Keys

ReflectionPeopleTreatBelieveFace

A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people - that is useful as far as it goes, but that excludes the case of, say, a hunter in the rainforest who has no money but is not poor. And there can be a number of people with money but who can consider themselves unwanted or invisible or estranged from society.

William T. Vollmann

MoneyPeopleSocietyPovertyYou

I like to browse and just hang in bookstores.

Pharrell Williams

HangJustLikeBookstoresBrowse

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