Simon Conway Morris Quotes
By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.
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When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business.
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As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
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My family and friends were definitely the key to my recovery. One thing that I do suggest is that anyone dealing with a life-threatening illness like cancer choose a point person for people to call to find out how you are doing - a sister, brother, mother, father, daughter, son, or close friend.
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Even though I wrote 'The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family,' my life is as chaotic as most people's.
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I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life in the press.
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For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
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Both for my wife and myself, the personal friendships that have grown out of scientific contacts with colleagues from many different countries have been an important part of our lives, and the travels we have made together in connection with the world-wide scientific co-operation have given us rich treasures of experiences.
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Chi non esce dal suo paese, vive pieno di pregiudizi.
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Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective.
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I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner of a turntable.
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I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.
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I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.
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Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our lives. Our powers of rationalization are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we chose to, starve and go to hell.
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By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.
