Ellsworth Huntington Quotes
As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.
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Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice, frogs, and cattle murrain, and turning the Nile to blood and smiting the firstborn, give me a pass. And tell me when it's over.
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I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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Pave your own path and be fearless.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.
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It's been a good thing for me to try and understand America.
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When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Otis Redding or Nirvana.
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A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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I saw the S.B.A. with just enormous potential, and that's what I told the president - this is really a jewel.
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Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful.
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People like to talk about their hometowns and their travels, and the more places you've been, the more likely you'll be able to make a connection that can bring new business leads or career opportunities.
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I'm from the East Coast, and so therefore, the Pacific Northwest forest is very exotic land to me.
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My father once told me of a trick question he used in a college class on forest fire control. If there was a fire coming from a certain direction and wind was coming from another, what was the best thing to do? The right answer was, "Run like hell and pray for rain," but few students ever got it. So allow yourself the freedom of knowing there are times to bail out, quit, run, leave the struggle, and have more time for joy.
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I have to have a daily, vibrant relationship with Jesus in order to survive that process toward healing.
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These monster cities we live in today are blights of modern society. They will certainly give way to planned cities interlinked to the countryside. Everybody will live with the natural advantages of the country and the cultural associations of the town.
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Leaders on every level should be primarily interested in rendering compassionate caring for others.
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As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.
