- Contributing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Us Quotes
What connects us, from global trade to family memory.
These quotes look at 'us' on very different scales, from once-hostile nations now trading with the world to a shared human truth that everyone carries some private struggle. For quotes about closeness between people, see Connection quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Disclose
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- Nov 07, 2020
To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The support of the coaches Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly... Their experience as a captain, along with the belief they instill in us, is great.
- Embargo
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- Nov 07, 2020
And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They abstained in the 1947 UN partition resolution... They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s... They always worked against us. They think the Arabs are the underdogs.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Death is the one predator we can't escape. But vampires have found the loophole so many of us crave. I think that's the allure of vampirism.
- Phones
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- Nov 07, 2020
It used to be that we imagined that our mobile phones would be for us to talk to each other. Now, our mobile phones are there to talk to us.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
As athletes, we sit and think, when international media or whoever make judgments or statements about Jamaica, 'Why aren't members of our federation coming out and speaking up for us?'
- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many choices can overwhelm us and cause us to not choose at all. For businesses, this means that if they offer us too many choices, we may not buy anything.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bertelsmann understood our vision when they first invested in us... They still believe in that vision.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no one of us that's perfect; there's no one of us that can't do just a little better.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think very few of us have a thick bold line on every given topic that falls neatly into the box of a chosen political party or figure.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The environment, stabilizing the climate, needs urgent attention from all of us.
- Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020