Alva Myrdal Quotes

It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes.

Alva Myrdal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: diplomat
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: January 31, 1902 - February 1, 1986

Topics

ScienceIntellectualResourcesHappen

The West begins where the average annual rainfall drops below twenty inches. Water is important to people who do not have it, and the same is true of control.

Joan Didion

WaterPeopleControlImportantTrue

I've lost friends over texting because I'm so bad at it.

Andre Holland

FriendsBadLostOverTexting

Governors, all things being equal, I'd rather have a governor in the White House than somebody that's not had that experience.

Matt Mead

ExperienceHouseWhiteEqualThings

It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

Ang Lee

EnjoyPleasureSomeThemAlthough

I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.

Jean Nouvel

ArchitectureGamePlayFavoriteLike

I took the role because it's rare to read a script that makes me laugh and cry, and it spoke to my own religious feelings, as well as giving me a chance to draw on my experience as a parent. Accepting it was a no-brainer.

Stephen Collins

ExperienceMeChanceParentLaugh

Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you're going to play for people. But when you're playing for listening, you're free.

Stan Kenton

MusicDancePeopleListeningFree

Modelling, for me, I find that it's like acting.

Stella Maxwell

MeFindActingLikeModelling

I think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly.

Stan Lee

WorldThinkGayPlaceI Think

In 2007, Prince performed at the halftime of the Super Bowl. The stage in Miami was wreathed in purple light, and it poured during his performance, so that he played 'Purple Rain' in a purple rain.

Steve Rushin

RainLightPerformanceMiamiPurple

If you pay a child a dollar to read a book, as some schools have tried, you not only create an expectation that reading makes you money, you also run the risk of depriving the child for ever of the value of it. Markets are not innocent.

Michael Sandel

MoneyValueChildBookReadingYou

The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort.

Michael Scheuer

TimeEffortUniquenessDoneFocused

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