James Lovelock Quotes
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
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My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.
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As a society, we've evolved, and we've recognized that the American family structure has undergone enormous changes. Divorce is all around us, and who among us doesn't know someone who is divorced or has been impacted by divorce. It's not as scandalous as it was.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
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Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft.
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When you like something, you find time to do it.
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I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.
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You've made my life so glamorous,You can't blame me for feeling amorous.'S wonderful, 's marvellousThat you should care for me.
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Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.
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You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.
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For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.
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Investing is not a natural science but rather a social science. So, it's never purely empirical; what you are trying to do is everything you possibly can to enhance your probabilities of being right more often than being wrong.
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I have an idea I want to test, for combining old peoples' homes and orphanages. Old people are lonely without children, children are lonely without parents. Why not bring them together?
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I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.
