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Vaclav Smil Quotes

Energy use is merely a means to many rewarding ends: economic security, education, health.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: czechoslovakian
Birth: December 9, 1943

Topics

Education Health Energy Security Use

I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.

Myself Fighting Artist Born Done

One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.

Humor Mind Ideas Situation New Try

I went to 'Godspell' when I was 10 - my mother took me, and that was the first play I ever saw. That was it for me.

Mother Me Play First Saw Ever

The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.

Unity Organization Plan Jewish Idea

Certain Arabs love Dubai because it's not at all like where they live. Certain others hate it for the same reason. When you hear an Osama bin Laden sympathizer rant about the decadence and hypocrisy of the Arab ruling class, you can be certain he's picturing a nightclub in Dubai.

Love Live Hate Dubai You Hypocrisy

I don't know anyone who couldn't use a little boost in their energy and self-control.

Travis Bradberry

Energy Know Self-Control Little Who

I'm not a guy who needs to read motivation books.

Motivation Guy Books Who Read Needs

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

Jean de la Bruyere

Alone Unhappiness Our Inability

I work in fantasy all day, so when I go home, I want to touch reality.

Work Home Day Reality Go Want

I went and worked for my dad after school. I'd show up late and stuff like that.

School Late Up Show Like Stuff

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

Challenge Yourself Reach You Inside

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job.

Love Time Job People Fighting Stop

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