Probably in 2035 we will pass that mantle on to China. It will be the biggest economy in the world, and it will go way past us and way past India. Given the growth, the size, the opportunities, I don't think there's any other place in the world that can match it.
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SIGOURNEY WEAVER Get pass your past, be a presence in your present, and let no one refute your future. JOHNNIE DENT JR. That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY God is not impressed with what PRECEDES your name, but how you PROCEED in His Name." BJ NELSON When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that wo... RICK RIORDAN Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy. RICHARD ROEPER Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers. CAROL BELLAMY I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any se... HAROLD PRINCE Reinvent yourself. Don't let your past weigh you down. MARTY RUBIN It is said that nothing in our lives is ever lost, that nothing can prevent its having been. That is... MARCEL PROUST You can't judge the present by the past. Each day is different, and you live it differently. MARTY RUBIN I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have i... PABLO SCHREIBER It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem ... HILLARY CLINTON My view on working with any government in the world is that there are things that you will agree upo... TIM COOK Jesus came into the world not to condemn the world, but to save the world. When we come with condemn... TONY CAMPOLO The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser... LARRY THE CABLE GUY Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER The present is an eternal attempt to separate the past from the future. MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA The entire time we playing, the current had gently moved us downstream with the tide. We were drifti... CRAIG GROESCHEL Savor the moment. Set a goal that you value and plan the steps to of getting there in a way that you... TERENCE T. GORSKI 6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break: 1. Stop stressing 2. Stop worrying 3. Give re... GERMANY KENT I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the ... ERIC LINDROS The things i know now, i never knew then. I wish i knew. SOTONYE ANGA That’s what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere... J.D. SALINGER We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL I don't think any other city in the world... the sun doesn't shine the same way anywhere as ... BEN LOVETT I believe Facebook is going all the way. They're going to reach a billion members and will be th... BEN MEZRICH Live in the moment. Don’t carry baggage from the past. Put that baggage in a history book and lear... DEBASISH MRIDHA For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an op... RAQUEL CEPEDA No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever." "Forever has no mea... ELLEN HOPKINS A perfectly decent fellow may be driven by circumstances to commit a crime and if he's found out he'... W.SOMERSET MAUGHAM Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had ti... WILLIAM FAULKNER I hate saying corny things like "traveling incognito." But when I'm with somebody that's corny, I al... J.D. SALINGER “Love is not to be discovered but felt.It is brewing in air across universe.One needs only open ey... ANUJ SOMANY
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