Margaret MacMillan Quotes

The range of weapons at the disposal of military powers is terrifying in its capacity to damage the world and its inhabitants, perhaps even to bring humanity's long story to its end.

Margaret MacMillan

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WorldStoryEndLongHumanityBring

We were happy with funding 'Rage' on our own nickel for years. We intended to do the same with 'Doom 4'. We had offers early on for 'Rage'. People offered us X million dollars. But we carried the risk, and when we finally signed a deal, it was X plus $10 million.

John Carmack

HappyPeopleEarlyRiskRageOwn

If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented, linear thought process that counts on cleverness.

Joel Salatin

SoulThoughtProcessAppreciateFail

A corporation that is publicly traded, it has one goal: to make money. It doesn't have a soul. If it does have a soul, it comes from the people who run it.

John Lee Hancock

MoneySoulPeopleGoalRunWho

To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests.

Matthew Scully

SympathyHonorFarmerAnimalsSense

My business affairs are entirely proper, and no amount of smear, rumour or innuendo will alter that fact.

Michael Ashcroft

BusinessWillFactAlterProper

We are making the fundamental changes. It was like the decent housing target. We said by 2010, we'd have taken a million houses and refurbished them into decent housing.

John Prescott

TargetSaidChangesHousingDecent

If you've ever seen paparazzi go after a celebrity, it's really freaky.

Julia Holter

YouGoCelebrityPaparazziSeen

I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.

Jason Alexander

KnowShyKidWhereFitQuite

I was a fan of jujitsu, so that pretty much got me started in fighting. I won a lot of local competitions when I was young and eventually won a ticket to go compete in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio, I struggled a lot in the beginning, living in the gym and not having much to eat, but eventually I joined the Nova Uniao Team and really improved my skills.

Jose Aldo

BeginningMeTeamFightingGymGo

My dream is to be able to make something in Baltimore that's just there. Make a movie or make a show there. I only left because there wasn't any opportunity except being an extra in Barry Levinson or John Waters movies.

Derek Waters

OpportunityDreamMoviesSomething

I'm very happy where 3-D is going, which is that it's becoming a choice - and thankfully, most people are still choosing 2-D.

Christopher Nolan

HappyPeopleChoiceGoingBecoming

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

Paula Radcliffe

HappyBe HappyWouldOlympicBronze

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