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Charles C. Mann Quotes

Cash-strapped cities in nations from Argentina to Albania have begun to turn over their municipal water systems to Big Water, often under lease arrangements that can continue in force for decades.

Charles C. Mann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1955

Topics

Water Over Turn Force Big Argentina

The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.

Sid Caesar

Me Language Doing Now Movies Rude

I always thought I'd buy my mother a house if I ever became successful - a big, beautiful house on the nicest street in town. It didn't exactly work out that way. I was still borrowing money from her in my 40s.

Tom Shales

Work Mother Beautiful Money Thought

I am a workaholic and can do four things at a time.

Rithvik Dhanjani

Time I Am Things Workaholic Four Am

Now the whole point about machines is they are designed not to be random. When you call up a word processing program on your computer, you don't want it to be different every time you call it up. You want it to stay the same.

Rupert Sheldrake

Time Random Be Different You Want

When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.

Mike Tyson

Men Crazy Back Him Greedy Again

A source of embarrassment for Libyans, Gadhafi has never been a joke: disappearances, a police state, zero freedom of expression, and poverty for at least a third of the population of country tremendously wealthy thanks to oil.

Mona Eltahawy

Freedom Police Poverty Country Never

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

Luc de Clapiers

Thoughts Brainy Clarity Profound

An audience who watches my shows knows who I am, knows that right when they think I'm going to make a joke, I'm going to blow something up, or during the worst peril, I'm going to have someone give someone a kiss - it's just going to happen.

Joss Whedon

I Am Kiss Think Someone Watches Up

All of my writing career is about how human beings negotiate dark matter.

Janette Turner Hospital

Writing Career Dark Matter Human

I know you can be funny without being filthy.

Jonathan Winters

Funny You Know Without Being Filthy

All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.

Bobby Hull

Life People Game Better My Life

I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland.

Brian O'Driscoll

Down Will More Hard Chase Ireland