Jared Diamond quote: "Zo is het gegaan met de Indiaanse bevolking van San Nicolas-eiland, voor de kust van Los Angeles, die uiteindelijk werd gereduceerd tot één enkele vrouw die in volstrekte afzondering nog 18 jaar leefde.[...] Brachten de laatste inwoners van Henderson veel tijd door op het strand, generatie na generatie starend over zee in hoop de kano's te zien die nooit meer kwamen, totdat zelfs de herinnering aan hoe een kano eruitzag was vervaagd?"

Many of our problems are broadly similar to those that undermined ... Norse Greenland, and that many...
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All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use o...
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Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox p...
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Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we h...
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Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those milita...
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It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to European...
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The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different conti...
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No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in...
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[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values t...
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Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all ...
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Although native Africans domesticated some plants in the Sahel and in Ethiopia and in tropical West ...
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Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, co...
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I personally am not conscious of my accent.
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Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tri...
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The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did...
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Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern socie...
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Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,00...
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I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.
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The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond w...
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The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest...
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It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans in...
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AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing ...
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In modern times, Australia was the sole continent still inhabited only by hunter-gatherers... Native...
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Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated contro...
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Isn't language loss a good thing, because fewer languages mean easier communication among the world'...
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Easter Island collapsed in not just an epidemic of civil war but cannibalism. Of all the collapses o...
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I read that a false alarm of a tsunami in Hawaii would cost about $68 million.
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Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate respo...
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I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.
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Toen de bewoners van Paaseiland in de problemen kwamen, konden ze nergens heen, was er niemand bij w...
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...the Viking expansion is a good example of what is termed an auto-catalytic process. In chemistry ...
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the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu concluded that Europeans and Christianity posed a threat to the stability...
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society’s structure created a conflict between the short-term interests of those in power, and the...
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the values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values tha...
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The people whose children had to walk barefoot to school killed the people who could buy shoes for t...
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All these adoptions of European styles make it obvious that the Greenlanders paid very close attenti...
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As on Easter Island and at Chaco Canyon, Maya peak population numbers were followed swiftly by polit...
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Almost everywhere else in the world, my archaeologist friends have an uphill struggle to convince go...
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a society’s fate lies in its own hands and depends substantially on its own choices.
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Montana would have been better off in the long run if it had never mined copper at all but had just ...
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Thus, Norse society’s structure created a conflict between the short-term interests of those in po...
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Así pues, tanto las sociedades como los grupos humanos más pequeños pueden tomar decisiones catas...
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I have often asked myself, "What did the Easter Islander who cut down the last palm tree say while h...
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(On the beginning of the mid-1990s' genocidal war in Rwanda:)

Within six weeks, an estima...
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...neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.
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For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrast...
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In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, spro...
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Globalization makes it impossible for modern societies to collapse in isolation, as did Easter Islan...
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Above all, it seems to me wrongheaded and dangerous to invoke historical assumptions about environme...
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People often ask, "What is the single most important environmental population problem facing the wor...
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History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those...
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Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societi...
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The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got into...
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[W]hat makes patriotic and religious fanatics such dangerous opponents is not the deaths of the fana...
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Differences between the Old and New Worlds in domesticated plants,especially in large-seeded cereals...
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Most people are explicitly racists. In parts of the world - so called educated, so-called western so...
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.
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Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of ...
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If you gave me 10 million dollars, I wouldn't live any differently. Although nowadays I guess you'd ...
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The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did...
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Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's ea...
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Tasmania lies 130 miles southeast of Australia. When it was first visited by Europeans in 1642, Tasm...
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With the MacArthur grant, I realized that people have high expectations of me, that they were placin...
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What did the last Easter Islander say as he chopped down the last tree? The Easter Islanders didn't ...
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Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. A...
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The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by...
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AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing ...
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If one of those friendly societies itself runs into environmental problems and collapses for environ...
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The problem is that only a tiny minority of wild plants and animals lend themselves to domestication...
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Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-h...
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The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have ...
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Technology has to be invented or adopted.
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Guns, Germs and Steel
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why, for instance, only 2 per cent of Europeans contract the disease as opposed to 13 per cent of Af...
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In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. Tha...
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Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.
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To me, the conclusion that the public has the ultimate responsibility for the behavior of even the b...
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Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, l...
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The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island, isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got int...
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The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North Amer...
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Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter...
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Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, ...
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Humans have been evolving for millions of years longer in Africa than in Europe, and even anatomical...
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It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, i...
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Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, ...
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We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reas...
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How is it that Pizarro and Cortes reached the New World at all, before Aztec and Inca conquistadors ...
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Australia is the most isolated continent.
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Tasmanians actually abandoned some technologies that they brought with them from Australia and that ...
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When you have seen the errors in which you live, you will understand the good that we have done you ...
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Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as its competitors do, and i...
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Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.
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The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond w...
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Yauch was a gifted MC.
MICHAEL DIAMOND

Yauch was great at lacking fear.
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I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimi...
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The sport of shooting is my life.
MICHAEL DIAMOND

Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.
MICHAEL DIAMOND

Honestly achieved results surpass all others.
MICHAEL DIAMOND

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.
NEIL DIAMOND

Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look...
DUSTIN DIAMOND

An individualist is one who pays his taxes with a smile
AL DIAMOND

If all efficiency experts were laid end to end- I'd be in favor of it
AL DIAMOND

In America we believe in Life, Liberty - and the pursuit
AL DIAMOND

A penny saved is a penny wasted
AL DIAMOND

Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
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You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple,...
HARVEY DIAMOND

Eat some pizza, play some Xbox, watch some TV. Gross? Maybe. Me? Yes.
DUSTIN DIAMOND

Banks hold deposits and savings entrusted to them by individuals, by businesses, by governments and ...
BOB DIAMOND

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like...
DUSTIN DIAMOND

It was a real hand-to-mouth existence in those early days - I'd have whatever dry cereal there w...
NEIL DIAMOND

The cardinal rule for any performer is that they should know themselves before they enter the spotli...
NEIL DIAMOND

I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follo...
DUSTIN DIAMOND

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.
MICHAEL DIAMOND

I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I wr...
NEIL DIAMOND

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expect...
NEIL DIAMOND

You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the...
NEIL DIAMOND

Some are born who never need them,
Others still who never read them, signs.
NEIL DIAMOND

I thought love was more or less a giving thing.
Seems the more I gave, the less I got.
NEIL DIAMOND

'I am,' I said
To no one there,
And no one heard at all.
NEIL DIAMOND

Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives.
NEIL DIAMOND

Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.
NEIL DIAMOND

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a f...
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I'm throwing myself back in because I like being married. I don't want to end this whole fab...
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I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It ha...
NEIL DIAMOND

Hey bands, you're all welcome to fly me to some exotic location and I'll record you there, Y...
JIM DIAMOND

They are going to pull out every trick in the book to get themselves re-elected. Beware of legislato...
RUSS DIAMOND

We believe it was critical that these technology and policy resources be designed in tandem. Togethe...
CAROL DIAMOND

To have a world-class tight-head in your squad is a huge asset, not only for his playing ability but...
STEVE DIAMOND

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they...
NEIL DIAMOND

Next time we need to be on drugs and have lots of suffering and alcohol abuse going on while recordi...
JIM DIAMOND

I don't know who's worse with little boys, Mario or Michael Jackson.
DUSTIN DIAMOND

When we went for the pictures, we knew that this was going to be the first and only time that we wer...
AMANDA DIAMOND

We had taken tons of pictures of Hailey ourselves, but they really weren't very good.
AMANDA DIAMOND

It makes her real. We knew when we left the hospital that Hailey was going to die. And all you have ...
AMANDA DIAMOND

It is an agreement that I believe is fair.
JAMES DIAMOND

It's dangerous for both attorneys to have a wild card who thinks you can disregard the law.
JAMES DIAMOND

Experienced trial attorneys tend to rely on instinct when picking a jury. You get an idea of the kin...
JAMES DIAMOND

We have people who have served in local and county offices and school boards. They are serious candi...
RUSS DIAMOND

We're in the middle of vetting potential candidates.
RUSS DIAMOND

Lawmakers should run, they should run fast and not look back. They should realize that things have c...
RUSS DIAMOND

I believe this might just be never-ending.
RUSS DIAMOND

It's been over a month now, and the voter outrage is still going strong.
RUSS DIAMOND

The will of the people will make 2006 a historic year.
RUSS DIAMOND

Leadership controlling it all is the biggest problem we have in Harrisburg. That makes (for) very fe...
RUSS DIAMOND

This is the last chance for those who are truly dedicated to changing government in Pennsylvania. On...
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This has caused consternation over our candidates publicly and in the press. People have questioned ...
RUSS DIAMOND

It takes courage to overthrow your government.
RUSS DIAMOND

It's easy to run with no opponents.
RUSS DIAMOND

In Westmoreland and Fayette counties, we'll have a lot of candidates. In a couple of races, we might...
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It's a different world in Pennsylvania, and anything can happen.
RUSS DIAMOND

When there?s competition, the cream rises to the top. Pennsylvania is tired of the same old sour mil...
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I can do more good doing what I?m doing right now. Besides, I?m having too much fun. This is great. ...
RUSS DIAMOND

Don?t be fooled by politicians whose only goal is self-preservation.
RUSS DIAMOND

Pennsylvania is tired of villains. We need heroes. I'm proud to bring you some of those heroes today...
RUSS DIAMOND

Pennsylvania is tired of villains. We need heroes. These people are truly my heroes. They are dedica...
RUSS DIAMOND

There are some races where we will introduce more than one candidate. In these races, we believe eac...
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I just want to be with my family and that's it, so it makes sense.
MICHAEL DIAMOND

When we market this product, the way we approach it (is that) the ignition interlock is the best saf...
MICHAEL DIAMOND

Asia has more than twice as many severely deprived children as sub-Saharan Africa. This scale of chi...
MICHAEL DIAMOND

Representing Australia as an Olympian at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta 1996 were the proudest moment...
MICHAEL DIAMOND

Intuitively, she sensed Leonardo’s gaze on her, and she caught sight of him near the entrance to t...
DELANEY DIAMOND

That was out of line.”
“No, it wasn’t, querida.” He smiled, the devastating smile she f...
DELANEY DIAMOND

When I need my wife or when I need companionship or someone to talk to, I need it, like, now. So my ...
NEIL DIAMOND

Some days are diamonds Some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes ...
NEIL DIAMOND

They didn't actually think it was going to be achievable, because they were so frightened by the vas...
WILLIAM DIAMOND

All the sparkly shirts and the stage trappings - that's just the performer, the public me, ... Songw...
NEIL DIAMOND

In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us...
BOB DIAMOND

They never made them to this scale. We made them much higher, much wider, so that the client and the...
WILLIAM DIAMOND

I've done a lot of Internet research and read a lot of books about oils. It's my personal thing,
HARVEY DIAMOND

This is a great way to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and re-live the magic of THE BLUES BROTHERS on...
DAN DIAMOND

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting ...
NEIL DIAMOND

He's really likable and sincere, and he's very easy to be with. He certainly wasn't easygoing in the...
NEIL DIAMOND

Everywhere around the world They're coming to America Everytime that flags unfurled They're coming t...
NEIL DIAMOND

You are the sun, ... I am the moon.
NEIL DIAMOND

All of which I agreed to, with the exception of playing on the songs while singing, ... We butted he...
NEIL DIAMOND

We're happy that you're here and that you remember us, ... Remember Me.
NEIL DIAMOND

I made a U-turn and went back 40 years to try to recapture those feelings, ... The major difference ...
NEIL DIAMOND

the hardest part of this whole project. Each song has its own story, its own emotional content, its ...
NEIL DIAMOND

I was doing what I wanted to do, ... I was making the records I wanted to make where and when I want...
NEIL DIAMOND

the recordings became bigger than the songs, which I came to understand is a backwards way of doing ...
NEIL DIAMOND

It's very difficult for me to say 'I love you' but to sing 'I love you' for me is easier.
NEIL DIAMOND

As he said to all the rich, middle-aged white people, 'We are all God's children.'
NEIL DIAMOND

Of course I liked what Johnny did with 'Solitary Man,'
NEIL DIAMOND

That's show business,
NEIL DIAMOND

It's a clear signal that Pennsylvanians have awoke from their long slumber.
RUSS DIAMOND

Many cases are won or lost during the jury selection phase of the case.
JAMES DIAMOND

Kind of unspoken, we both agreed to continue working and to get to the next stage, ... which was to ...
NEIL DIAMOND

You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give t...
NEIL DIAMOND

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.
NEIL DIAMOND

Be as a page that aches for a word/ Which speaks on a theme that is timeless.
NEIL DIAMOND

They repealed the pay raise but they didn't repeal the indelible mark it left on the taxpayers from ...
RUSS DIAMOND

Instead of just giving us a tax break and putting the money back into the General Fund, we've got to...
RUSS DIAMOND

The legislators are confused and scared right now. But that doesn't change a thing for us.
RUSS DIAMOND

I think that the voters fully understand what's going on here.
RUSS DIAMOND

They can do it again. It?s time to take back our government.
RUSS DIAMOND

"I am," I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," sa...
NEIL DIAMOND

This is a great way to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and re-live the magic of THE BLUES BROTHERS on...
DAN DIAMOND

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