John Maynard Smith Quotes
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I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.
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I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much.
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See, I will always shop, and that's sort of a problem. Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!
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There is no longer any anonymity on the Web - unless we mandate it. The most personal information about your online habits is collected, bought and sold, often instantaneously and invisibly. Data collection is a business driven by profits at consumers' expense.
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India's trade deficit is because of excess of import over exports.
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I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.
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I'm a great believer in geography being destiny.
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If a man can make me laugh and stimulate me intellectually, then I wouldn't mind if he was 4 ft. 8 in. with a huge belly. The only thing that would put me off is bad breath - but even that can be fixed. A bad personality isn't so easy to fix.
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Thank you to the readers of the 'Huffington Post' for voting me the 'Hottest Freshman' of the 111th Congress. It's about time politicians from Illinois were known for something other than bad haircuts or having the ability to walk on water.
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I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright.
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It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages.
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Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
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I thought Bolt was amazing, I mean, beating the world record and slowing down at the end, how galling has that got the for the other athletes? I never managed to do anything in 9.69 seconds, it took me ten seconds to watch him do that.
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It is a strong castle, and strongly guarded; but there is no impossibility to brave men.
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We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.
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I'm a man. I lived it and I'm not afraid to die but when I die I'm going to paradise and I'm not worried.
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While it's true a small treat won't blow your budget, indulging every day could - the same way a slice of cake probably won't hurt but, if you make it a daily habit, you may have trouble fitting in your pants.
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I think that Phish has been a band, we've all had- I've had a great life growing up and everybody in my band's had a really good life, none of us have got anything to complain about at all.
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Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.
