"That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky."

-- Colin Quinn

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“It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving people... Who indeed could afford to ignore science today? At every turn we have to seek its aid... The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.”

Source : Jawaharlal Nehru, H. N. Sethna (1981). “Proceedings of the International Seminar on Science, Technology, and Society in Developing Countries, Bombay, November 1979”
“Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future.”
“Theres no competitive advantage in being just like everyone else.”
“Love is a powerful tool, and maybe, just maybe, before the last little town is corrupted and the last of the unroaded and undeveloped wildness is given over to dreams of profit, maybe it will be love, finally, love for the land for its own sake and for what it holds of beauty and joy and spiritual redemption that will make [wilderness] not a battlefield but a revelation.”
“You can't get anywhere without incredible passion, because if you're an entrepreneur, there's gonna be a lot of bumps in the road. A great artist has to do their art. There's nothing that can stop them from doing it. They just have to get it out there. It's the same thing for an entrepreneur. If you don't feel that way, then you're probably not really an entrepreneur.”

Source : "The 'I Am' Q&A". www.cnbc.com.
“There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.”

Source : Edna Ferber (1963). “A Kind of Magic”
“Everyone always wants to talk about 'True Blood' and 'Battlestar Galactica' - no one's even interested in 'Durham County.' It blew my mind when I came to Canada and no one asked me about the show. So many people didn't even know about it. They didn't even know it was on the air! It's very curious to me.”
“If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?”

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