Isabella Bird Quotes
I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.
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My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.
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If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.
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I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate.
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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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Modernity widened the distance between the sensational and the relevant.
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Guns don't kill people; people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.
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Do your best and let God do the rest.
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For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon?
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I've worked really hard to get to where I am. Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.
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'Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live in fear of deportation, and they worry about their future.
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A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.
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The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat farther back in order to make a place for a white man. I have also seen white men requested to leave the Negro section of the car.
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I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.
