John Muir Quotes
Beetles and butterflies are sometimes restricted to small areas. Each mountain in a range, and even the different zones of a mountain, may have its own peculiar species. But the house-fly seems to be everywhere. I wonder if any island in mid-ocean is flyless.
Quotes to Explore
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Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.
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An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.
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Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.
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The fossil fuel industry is destroying our planet and everything that we love.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.
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I've learned to be one of the hardheadedest cats in the world. I've learned that.
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The coupling of aryl halides with copper at very high temperature is called the Ullmann reaction, which is of broad scope and has been used to prepare many symmetrical biaryls. However, when a mixture of two different aryl halides is used, there are three possible biaryl products.
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Beetles and butterflies are sometimes restricted to small areas. Each mountain in a range, and even the different zones of a mountain, may have its own peculiar species. But the house-fly seems to be everywhere. I wonder if any island in mid-ocean is flyless.
