Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
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I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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I'm not looking ahead joyfully to the rest of my life or the future of the human race. I've always written about man as an animal species among other animals, competing for limited resources. Our population is exploding. Our environment is dying. Science has debunked God.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
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We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
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Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.
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My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.
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I make a timeless music. I think I've made my mark as a lyricist and as an innovator and as a tastemaker.
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Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating to me about marriage as a subject for fiction—a subject that fiction has taken on with gusto since the 19th century—is how unknowable other people’s relationships are. Even the marriages of your parents, your siblings, your closest friends always remain something of a mystery. Only in fiction can you pretend to know people completely.
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I'm not trying to be this cool girl. If you're trying to be something you're not, it's slowly going to bite you in the butt.
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That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.
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We're an ideal political family, as accessible as Disneyland.
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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
