David Quammen Quotes
The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a particular way that adapts it well to living in humans, replicating in humans, and perhaps transmitting from human to human.
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.
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I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.
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My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week.
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The best world is one in which all countries cooperate with one another to kind of meet each other's needs and be partners in the process.
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I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.
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The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned.
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Al Gore may think Medicare is at a crossroads, but his plan puts it on a highway to bankruptcy.
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I am not 'in pursuit of truth.' It is not my 'quarry.' I am of my human nature a thinker, and conscious of need, responsibility of thinking-speaking with truth. I do not go about hunting 'truths.'
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Livin amuk, never givin a fuck Gimme the keys I'm drunk, and I've never driven a truck.
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Don't knock th' weather. Nine-tenths o' th' people couldn' start a conversation if it didn' change once in a while.
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Yes, I'm an African, born and bred. My forebears arrived in South Africa in 1688. My later forebears fought the first modern anti-colonial war on the continent of Africa, against Great Britain. I'm an African, through and through, and the fact that I'm white does not detract from my total commitment to my country and through my country, to our continent.
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More important than his record as a debater is Mr. Bush's record as a president. And therein lies the true opportunity for John Kerry - notwithstanding the president's political skills, his performance in office amounts to a catastrophic failure.
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I still get thrilled by the energy that is a live performance, the fear and the panic and the electricity that happens on the night. I think jolting myself every once in a while with that fear is a good thing for me.
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Being transgender isn't a medical transition. It's a process of learning to love yourself for who you are.
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The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a particular way that adapts it well to living in humans, replicating in humans, and perhaps transmitting from human to human.
