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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Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.
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What matters is that you do great work, and you will definitely be remembered for that for years to come.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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You know, differentiating between training and matches. If they are all matches it becomes very natural to shoot them, although Dan thinks I should shoot more of them. I think I shoot plenty of them.
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I saw the drawbacks of fame as a kid. It wasn't for me.
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Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.
