Marvin Harris Quotes
Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.
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It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing.
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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends tacit validity to this status quo. People have morally identified with a subset of humanity rather than with humanity as a whole.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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In the beginning, the clients would say, 'This is too much,' but over time, the ones I liked kept working with me. They'd say, 'It's not too much. Coco can still be Coco. She still gives 100 percent when she's on a photo shoot.'
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Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.
