Rachel Carson Quotes
It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities.
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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Of course, a law that is selectively used is in one aspect even worse than a law that is generally used because it puts a lot of power in individuals' hands and makes government a rule, not of laws, but of people.
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I myself am a parent in a small business. Number of employees: one.
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I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.
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White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.
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I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.
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Every tool is a weapon - if you hold it right.
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Whatever else he was during his life, he was never dull, and the world forgives almost anything but stupidity.
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It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.
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It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs.
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I love Expedia.
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I view advertising as being this romanticizing element that helps us appreciate, understand and enjoy how remarkable it is that we've been able to do so much, and learn so much. I view it as really vital, even though sometimes it can be really annoying.
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The government is indeed an institution, but "the market" is nothing more than an option for each individual to chose among numerous existing institutions, or to fashion new arrangements suited to his own situation and taste.
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It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
