Vandana Shiva Quotes
You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it LIFE. You have not created life, instead you have only polluted it.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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Not one black man is prominent in Brazil. The Negroes there are still at the bottom.
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Only heroes get stereotyped. As they do the same kind of roles again and again.
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Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.
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I like talking about sex. Especially when I'm horny, but even when I'm not.
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Production goes up and up because high pressure advertising and salesmanship constantly create new needs that must be satisfied: this is Admass- a consumer's race with donkeys chasing an electric carrot.
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And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
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You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it LIFE. You have not created life, instead you have only polluted it.
