Ernst Mayr Quotes
To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to stimulate constructive criticism than to evade the issue.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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Don't call the world dirty because you forgot to clean your glasses.
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I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or performance. The payoff is enormous - when you get it. Most of the time, though, I'm filled with self-loathing and general frustration at the limitations I have as a musician.
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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that.
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But love like that doesn’t just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there’s always a little love left, underneath.Yes. Horrible, isn’t it?
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Every time you go away, I always sayThis time it's goodbye, dearLoving you the way I doI take you back, without you I'd die dearKnowing I love you so.
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But you have to allow a little for the desire to evangelize when you think you have good news.
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Prayer ardent opens heaven.
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The consciousness of being betrayed is to the collective consciousness of a sacred group what a certain form of schizophrenia is to the individual…it is a form of madness.
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I find it is a bad habit to look at social media before bed, so I try to read something on paper - not on my phone - before I go to bed.
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Money is nothing really worth squabbling about. This is what puts people six feet under. You know, I don't need it.
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You never see a French person eating alone.
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I really want to be known for my work. That sounds like such a... cliche, and I've thought about how else I can say it to make it sound less hackneyed. But that's what it comes down to... I know people are interested in these things.
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Don't ever be afraid to step out and do something different.
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This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism.
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With the intention of signing Lin back, I saw that I can help.
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In every community in Illinois, same-sex couples have chosen to join together and, in many instances, to raise families of their own. These couples are our relatives and friends, our neighbors, co-workers and parents of our children's classmates. They deserve the same rights and responsibilities that civil marriage offers straight couples.
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The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra.
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If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.
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I do not think we are deceived to grow, But that the crudest fancy, slightest show, Covers some separate truth that we may know.In the one Truth, each separate fact is true; Eternally in one I many view, And destinies through destiny pursue.
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To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to stimulate constructive criticism than to evade the issue.
