Frans de Waal Quotes
Chimps don't have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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Despair is part of love.
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The world is always in movement.
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I can be a lady - surprise!
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I've always wanted to work with my friend Al Pacino.
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'Hedwig' was pretty much all the things I wanted to do that other people said I probably shouldn't do: drag, punk rock, stand-up comedy... You know, combine them all in a thing that's supremely uncommercial from the objective point of view.
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Chimps don't have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation.
