Peter Singer Quotes

Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see that others are giving. The richest people, in particular, should be setting an example.

Peter Singer

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I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was voted the most beautiful girl in England by the association of press photographers. When they called Daddy for a comment, he said, 'I'm amazed. She's a nice looking girl, but nothing special.'

Joan Collins

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Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.

John C. Reilly

LifeFunPeopleMeMy LifeDoing

I just try work out at least twice a week if I can.

Jennifer Garner

WorkWeekI CanTryOutTwice

We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.

Angela Merkel

WorkTogetherRulesNewTalkWell

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.

Ann Coulter

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Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.

Alvar Aalto

TimePeopleKnowMoreWhoOur Time

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

Stephan Jenkins

PeopleTryWhoMisfitsSituations

Most people believe that their listening skills are where they need to be, even though they aren't. A study at Wright State University surveyed more than 8,000 people from different verticals, and almost all rated themselves as listening as well as or better than their co-workers. We know intuitively that many of them are wrong.

Travis Bradberry

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When I came back to the UFC, I was just excited.

Robbie Lawler

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Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women-with men relating to that the best they can.

Robin Morgan

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One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate.

Rocco Buttiglione

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It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

Miranda Otto

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