Ian Dunbar Quotes

I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense and animals, he was the smartest person I've ever met, before or since. He taught me that to touch an animal is an earned privilege. It's not a right.

Ian Dunbar

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SchoolAnimalMeCommon SenseFarm

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

ImaginationNothingMoreTasteThan

I mostly listen to very popular songs. But I'm a huge fan of Stevie Wonder, and I love jazz - Glenn Fredly, Diah Lestari - so 80% jazz, 20% mixed with everything - disco, hip hop.

Joe Taslim

LoveWonderDiscoJazzListenFan

Some people are born for a certain thing. And for me, unfortunately, I wish it was something a bit more artistic or whatever, but I was a born fighter. That's what kept me coming back. It makes me feel alive. And, I just know, there is nothing I do better in this world than fight.

Michael Bisping

FightPeopleMeWorldBetterWish

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

Robert A. Heinlein

WorldStrangeFantasyRealWonderful

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.

Ron Fournier

NatureChangeLookingLongOut

I get increasingly respectful of people who have faith and increasingly creeped out by them.

Michel Faber

FaithPeopleOutGetWhoRespectful

In the technology industry, a 48 hour work week would be, for most, a vacation.

Jason Calacanis

WorkTechnologyVacationWeekWould

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

Christopher Reeve

WisdomAcceptNeverUltimatums

My favorite record of all time is Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers.' I hold it as the standard - in terms of sonics, sequencing, and songs. It shows that making a complete record is important, rather than just making a single.

Chris Stapleton

TimeImportantPettySingleHold

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people.

Chuck D

PeopleStartConfusedDownWrong

So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping.

Bob Inglis

ChangeGoodDeathYouClimate Change

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.

Bob Seger

TimeSongLongLong TimeSitting

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