Donald Johanson Quotes
In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discovery, a unique specimen.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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My interior is very, very dense - Proustian-looking, sort of Henry James. The walls are covered in pictures, and I transformed the big drawing room into a library lined with books.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.
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'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.
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I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.
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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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I love the Ronettes, the 'do-run-run-run' pop stuff. I love the lyrics, having 'blue, blue blue' being repetitive.
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My only requirement for life is that I don't get stuck in a rut.
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
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What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.
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I love 'Somebody to Love' by Queen and of course 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is one of my favorites, just because it makes everyone in the room go crazy. Everyone tries to sing along with it, and half the room gets it right and the other half gets it wrong.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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I have traveled to three-fourths of the Philippines.
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If a writer doesn't do anything but give a new word to his language and, from there, maybe to other languages, I think that writer redefines the world.
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Dogs, to me, are like children. They are the closest thing to God. They are so pure in their love, and all they do is aim to please.
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Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.
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[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.'
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In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discovery, a unique specimen.
