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Norman Borlaug Quotes

It's amazing how often campaigners in rich countries think poor people don't get backache.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 25, 1914

Topics

People Amazing Rich Think Poor Get

And my little sister died when she was 16.

Sister She Little Died

I don't want a performance to give me everything. You can look at Charlotte Rampling in '45 Years,' and you don't really know what she's thinking, but you know something interesting is happening.

Me Performance Thinking Interesting

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.

Children Pain Losing Hell Innocence

The existence of the Taliban, in my view, is a tragedy for Afghanistan. We as Americans need to understand our role in helping bring that tragedy about. So I think it's important to look at the stories about why these people are fighting.

People Think Fighting View Look Why

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Soren Kierkegaard

Patience Where Reap Cannot Necessary

Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have better maps of Mars than that 50 percent.

Sea Legal Better Country Want Mars

Life is about surviving loss.

Mary Steenburgen

Life Loss Surviving About

I made the New Zealand team, won medals around the world. I thought, 'I'm blessed. I've got a good talent.' I had no idea, though, how good I might be. But I loved the sport.

Good Talent Team Blessed World New

What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really didn't think much about either, but now what we think about them is extremely important - to ourselves and to many other peoples.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Think Important Now Washington Used

Mr. C. Klackner has for sale four etchings etched by myself, at the expense of two years' time & hard work - 'The Life Line,' 'Peril on the Sea,' 'Eight Bells,' 'Mending Tears,' - all of which are very good and should have been put forward long ago, but C. Klackner is waiting for me to die, is my idea of the matter.

Life Work Hard Work Good Sea Myself

Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are.

Nicola Sturgeon

Time Fight Back Matter Politicians

I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.

Myself Man Look Alive Luckiest

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