Nathan Myhrvold Quotes

People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.

Nathan Myhrvold

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I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.

Joan Collins

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I just think that trusting God means we're going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we're never going to understand them all.

Joel Osteen

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I think the evening wear criteria is that they want to walk into the room and get that 'wow' factor.

Jenny Packham

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Coming from a football background, when everybody is doing their job and operating on such a high level, it only motivates you to do the same.

John David Washington

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The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will always take pride in cultural heritage.

John Mackey

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I don't think that I'm as big as Lobo is, but if you could, like, transplant Mickey Rourke's body on my head, that would be just great.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

GreatThinkYouBodyHeadBig

We're not going to let some unelected bureaucrats in Washington stop us from moving forward with our agenda, but at the end of the day, CBO is not the Holy Grail.

Steve Scalise

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My son graduated high school and went to Haiti to work for his dad's organization and then extended his stay. It's incredible what he's doing.

Robin Wright

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It's no surprise that optimistic athletes, managers and teams do better. What's interesting is where they do better. It's in coming back from defeat and acting in the clutch.

Martin Seligman

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If you see yourself as entitled to a resource, and if you're not willing or incapable of seeing this other as a being with whom you can and should be in relation with, then you're going to take the resource.

Derrick Jensen

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I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.

Conor Oberst

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Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.

Bono

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