Sam Kean Quotes
The humped bladderwort has yellow, snapdragon-like flowers, and it's actually carnivorous, capable of trapping and eating not just insects but even tadpoles and tiny fish.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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America's decline would set in motion tectonic shifts undermining the political stability of the entire Middle East.
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I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
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It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
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My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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I'm a huge Wonder Woman fan - I have about 12 coffee mugs at home!
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I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.
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I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
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I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.
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But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.
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Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.
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The humped bladderwort has yellow, snapdragon-like flowers, and it's actually carnivorous, capable of trapping and eating not just insects but even tadpoles and tiny fish.
