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In this new century, our commitment to family and to faith, to community and opportunity, to freedom and to hope, will be the light that shines to lead us forward.

~Bill Owens

Topics: Century Commitment Community Faith Family Forward Freedom Hope Lead Light New Opportunity Our Shines Us Will

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Emotions are the key to many aspects of life. They are precisely the elements that make human beings human. I think the fact that emotions have been reduced and put off to the side in intellectual work, particularly in the 20th Century, is tragic.

~Bill Viola

Topics: Aspects Been Beings Century Elements Emotions Fact Human Human Beings Intellectual Key Life Make Many Off Particularly Precisely Put Reduced Side Think Tragic Work I Think 20Th Century

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It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.

~Bille August

Topics: About Big Century Come Dream Eve Important Issues Jerusalem Last Life Major Many Many Respects Modern New People Period Respects Society Stake Story Transition True Unrest Very

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Some of the best auditions I've ever had have been when my agent called and said, 'They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.' I'm not sitting there thinking for a week and a half, before I'm supposed to go in front of a network president to do something. That just gives you time to be nervous.

~Billy Campbell

Topics: Agent Auditions Been Before Best Century City Ever Front Gives Go Had Half Just Minutes Nervous Network Office President Said See Sitting Some Something Supposed Thinking Time Want Week You

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I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

~Bing Crosby

Topics: Century Country Few Few Things Giant Made Music Popular Popular Music Reverse Strides Things Think Twentieth Twentieth Century I Think

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Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.

~Bjork

Topics: Century Collaborate End Forward Get Going Nature Only Other Power Solar Way Wind 21St Century

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I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It's an emergency.

~Bjork

Topics: Again Age Another Century Collaborate Emergency Feel Nature New New Age Only I Feel 21St Century

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If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making ourselves feel good today. But climate change is not the only challenge of the 21st century, and for many other global problems we have low-cost, durable solutions.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Century Challenge Change Climate Climate Change Developing Durable Energy Feel Feel Good Global Good Invest Just Long Long Run Low-Cost Making Many Only Other Ourselves Problems Rather Real Researching Run Solutions Some Technology Than Today 21St Century

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We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: About Better Century Consequence Constant Deal Death Dropped Globally Mainly Manage Many More Much Natural Number Over Past Rate Roughly See Seemingly Them Time Worry Cnn

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The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's hard to consider the environment 100 years down the line.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Century Challenge Coming Consider Down Environment Environmental Hard Know Line Main Meal Next Poverty Where Years You Your 21St Century 100 Years

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