"We demonstrated what you could do when a band of entrepreneurs settles an empty country with vast resources. The Chinese have a billion people and are running out of water. Tougher problem for sure."

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Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

Charles R. Morris

#Running Quotes #Country Quotes #People Quotes

“Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone.”
“Behind innocence there gathers a clotted mass of superstition, of twisted and misdirected impulse; clandestine flirtation, fads, and ragtime fill the unventilated mind.”
“What's frustrating more than anything is when chefs start to cut corners and believe that they are incognito in the way they send out appetizers, entrees, and they know it's not 100 percent, but they think the customers can't spot it.”
“Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.”
“I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.”
“We're social animals. We've got to get along together. It's in our nature. We're hardwired that way.”
“There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.”
“Drink your coffee -- people in Africa are sleeping.”

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