Christian de Duve Quotes
What would help us preserve our natural resources are genetic traits that let us sacrifice the present for the sake of the future. You need wisdom to sacrifice something that is immediately useful or advantageous for the sake of something that will be important in the future.Christian de Duve
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The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
Abby Wambach -
People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.
Carl Lewis -
All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
Frances O'Grady -
Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
Tatyana Tolstaya -
The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
Karl Jaspers -
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
Edith Sitwell
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
Vance McAllister -
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
Nathan Fillion -
I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
Rachel Zoe -
It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
Cal Hubbard -
Working with Adrien Brody was like going to Julliard, but instead of four years, I went for four weeks. He was like the Albert Einstein of professors, it was just the best experience of my life. Adrien was the most influential mentor in my acting career thus far, and even after the movie he continues to mentor me.
Sami Gayle -
I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
Victor Borge
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Fashion anticipates.
Oleg Cassini -
Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
H. P. Lovecraft -
The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
Karl Liebknecht -
I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
Olly Murs -
French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
Vincent Cassel -
Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
Iris DeMent
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When we say we begin with God, we begin with our idea of God, and our idea of God is not God. Instead, we ought to begin with God’s idea of God, and God’s idea of God is Christ
E. Stanley Jones -
Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
Manal al-Sharif -
I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
Samantha Shannon -
Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out.
Katherine Waterston -
What would help us preserve our natural resources are genetic traits that let us sacrifice the present for the sake of the future. You need wisdom to sacrifice something that is immediately useful or advantageous for the sake of something that will be important in the future.
Christian de Duve