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Hans Rosling Quotes

There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: swedish
Birth: July 27, 1948 - February 7, 2017

Topics

Poverty India Africa Scary Rural

I grew up in a lot of different homes when I was younger: my parents rented trailers and small, boxy houses set high on cement block pillars.

Parents Small High Up Different Set

I was the girl who did everybody's homework, but I was also, like, student council president and yearbook editor and, like, all-around overachiever. Like, I'm disabled, but I can do anything.

Girl Homework I Can Student Anything

Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an opportunity, one, to get into professional football in 1967 as an assistant coach, and then at the age of 32, giving me the opportunity to be the head coach.

Life Age Opportunity Football Me

They say 'Ted Cruz can't win.' Really? Have you talked to Ted?

Win You Say They Say Really Cruz

Using a typewriter, at times, feels more like playing piano than jotting down notes, a percussive exercise in expressing thought that is both tortuous and rewarding.

Thought Exercise Down More Piano

I admire American ideas.

Mikheil Saakashvili

Ideas American Admire

I enjoy watching movies that are high concept or science fiction or have supernatural elements, like '2:22' has.

Michiel Huisman

Science Enjoy Movies Science Fiction

Every time the good giants try to cut back on salt, sugar, fat calories, inevitably Wall Street raises its hand and is looking at the sales figures and the revenue and saying, 'Thou shalt not result in any loss of profit.' There's huge continuing pressure on the food companies.

Good Time Food Looking Saying Fat

When people think of biblical movies, they imagine sweeping epics like 'The Ten Commandments.' But 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' is essentially a documentary about Jesus. It made me aware of how real life and personal experience can create more breathtaking, sensitive cinema than more sophisticated techniques.

Derek Cianfrance

Life Experience People Me Think

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

People Action Think Voting Political

I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.

Business People Think Talking Down

What in the world is a hangover cure?

World Hangover Cure

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