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Dries van Noten Quotes

Coincidence is important, the convergence of different ideas.

Dries van Noten

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: designer
Nationality: belgian
Birth: May 12, 1958

Topics

Ideas Important Coincidence Different

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.'

Powerful Back President Two Foolish

Nonviolent, visual protests have a long history of forming images that can quickly go viral and set a powerful tone for a moment.

History Moment Long Powerful Go Set

And you know, the people who hate kids and don't want kids always end up having 50 of them.

Hate People End You Know Want

Early in my modeling career, when I was a teenager, I really took care of my skin. I didn't get too much sun exposure, and I moisturized.

Sun Care Early Career Too Much Skin

We should all know our family's story, all the more so if nobody tells it to us directly and we have to find it out for ourselves.

John Lanchester

Family Story Find Nobody Know More

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

Michel Foucault

Power Function Different Punish

I don't know what would have happened to me as a writer if I had gone to England and shaped my life out of England. Of course, I will never know, but I think I prefer what did happen.

Life Me Think My Life Know Never

The Social Wishlist on Facebook is a great example of everything right about social media.

Great Social Media Media Right About

It's a really big deal to do a spacewalk. It's much riskier than staying indoors. It's complex. It uses up a lot of the precious resources onboard. It uses up oxygen. It uses up carbon dioxide scrubbers.

Resources Up Precious Complex Big

The central question is whether Medicare and Medicaid should remain entitlement programs guaranteeing a certain amount of care, as Democrats believe, or become defined contribution programs in which federal spending is capped, as Republicans suggest.

Christina Romer

Believe Care Contribution Become

The alpine environment is very delicate. I've been able to see change in the mountains in the 20 years that I've been climbing full-time. Glaciers have receded. The tree-line is changing. That's very rapid to see nature changing in a 20-year period.

Nature Change Mountains Environment

I have a very pessimistic view that every win takes you closer to a loss because no-one in the world can keep on winning forever.

Bronte Campbell

Win Winning World View Loss You

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