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Ulrich Beck Quotes

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.

Ulrich Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: german
Birth: May 15, 1944 - January 1, 2015

Topics

Community Impossible Fate Kind First

I do suspect we are going to get signs of life elsewhere, but how well prepared are we for this? Have we thought how we will approach them? We need to start thinking about that.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Life Start Thinking Thought Will

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.

John Berger

World Rest Rich Priorities Result

I am very liberal and fairly exhibitionistic. I don't really have a problem with nudity or anything like that.

Stephanie Corneliussen

I Am Problem Anything Liberal Like

The technologies of convenience are making our sphere of exploration and experience smaller.

Robert Englund

Experience Exploration Convenience

De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa.

Roberto Duran

Good Me Singing Know Leave Keep

I just want people to finish the book and say, 'I was entertained.' When I set out to do it, I had no deal in place. I knew it would be tough. I read somewhere that John Steinbeck was turned down 22 times on his first novel. But I was just going to do it.

Marv Levy

People Book Tough Down Place Want

But then, I just decided to get off my lazy butt and take advantage of the L.A. weather.

Jason Biggs

Weather Lazy Butt Take Advantage Get

A more robust approach to global warming is needed if we are to avoid catastrophe. Unlike the recent financial crisis, there is no bailout option for the earth's climate.

Jose Angel Gurria

Financial Earth Crisis Global Warming

We don't have a lot of technology people in Congress, so one of the basic things is to help people be educated on how technology works: what's there, where is it headed, what some of the challenges and opportunities are.

Suzan DelBene

Technology People Challenges Help

It's very hard to be honest with yourself when something's just not working.

Shania Twain

Yourself Hard Honest Something Just

Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.

Sharon Horgan

Ego Create More Precious Comedians

I miss that thing I used to do when I first started out where I would just spontaneously generate ideas and try things and see where they'd go.

Tim Pratt

Ideas Go Try First See Out