Ernst Mayr Quotes
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
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I think I've been a great citizen.
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I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.
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I like to read, even though it was really tough, because I could go anywhere in the world in a book, and I could have so many adventures in a book.
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If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.
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The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.
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I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy.
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I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women.
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And it is not repentance that saves me — repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.
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The arsenal of megadeath can't be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.
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Well it took many years. I started with many ideas, threw them away, started all over again. And eventually it evolved into what you see today at Disneyland.
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That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.
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Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing.
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To be born again means that we must be changed from a negative to a positive self-image - from inferiority to self-esteem, from fear to love, from doubt to trust.
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Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.
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Dr. Kaunda, although he was running a one-party state, was very close to the West, and that is why he achieved as much as he did. But we drifted away from the West to look for new friends.
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We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.
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'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
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Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts.
