Ernst Mayr Quotes
It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.

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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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Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur's ability to hire is down.
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I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
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Acting is a form of confusion.
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I know what I try to do. I try to be professional, turn up, not make too much fuss, do the job.
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Every casting director I've met is a woman.
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If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
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I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.
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Hell, that's why they make erasers.
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Everything must belong somewhere.I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.
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A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted.
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Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power.
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My mother is a great hunter - she usually shoots our Thanksgiving turkey.
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In a sense the Pirate Party is very similar to what happened for the Bernie Sanders campaign, where people felt inspired and they felt like they were having an impact, a big grass-roots-inspired movement, in particular with young people.
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Many people have beautiful homes and beautiful things, but other people haven't ever seen them. So why have them?
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It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.