Paul R. Ehrlich Quotes
We've all got to get together and demand something better out of our government and out of each other. We've got a system that's making us working harder, and isn't giving us satisfaction. We've got to sit down and decide what the hell we really want to be as human beings.
Quotes to Explore
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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Yeats, protected to some extent by the Nationalistic movement, wrote out of a somewhat protected world, and so his work does not touch life deeply.
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Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep, and every weakness is dissected.
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We found the appetite for 'Frontline' has only grown as the digital landscape has exploded. The appetite for the reporting we do on our digital platforms to the short films we're doing for our Facebook and YouTube channels. And we're still producing these remarkable long-form films.
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When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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You may dislike what somebody else has said; that is perfectly valid. You may not agree with what somebody else has said. But saying something cannot possibly amount to sedition.
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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
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Imagine trying to learn without a dry place to sleep, eat, and do homework. Children cannot succeed in school if their lives out of school are in total chaos.
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Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.
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It's a war zone. Terrible things happen.
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I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.
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My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded.
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For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
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If I'm judged against my peers, rather than anyone else we could both think of, then I reckon I deserve to make records.
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The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.
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But you are beautiful And you better go show it So go look again You gotta be true to your own If you really wanna go to the top Do you really wanna win Don’t believe in leaving normal Just to satisfy demand ((Beauty in Ugly))
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Printing money is merely taxation in another form. Rather than robbing citizens of their money, government robs their money of its purchasing power.
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We've all got to get together and demand something better out of our government and out of each other. We've got a system that's making us working harder, and isn't giving us satisfaction. We've got to sit down and decide what the hell we really want to be as human beings.
