G. Ledyard Stebbins Quotes

I didn't add any new elements to the modern synthetic theory to speak of. I just modified things so that people could understand how things were in the plant world

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• I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.

  

  J. G. Ballard
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• I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

  

  Barack Obama
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• You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.

  

  Magnus Scheving
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• Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.

  

  Dan Buettner
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• I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
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• I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.

  

  Fleur East
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• Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.

  

  Yael Grobglas
  • Fun
  • Films
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• If money was being invented now, it wouldn't be designed to look like cash or credit cards. It would look more like Bitcoin.

  

  Adam Draper
  • Money
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• As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

  

  Landon Donovan
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• What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.

  

  E. O. Wilson
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• I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.

  

  Laura Carmichael
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• Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them.

  

  Bam Margera
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• I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.

  

  Taio Cruz
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• 'Couch surfing' refers to the practice of temporarily lodging with a stranger - free of charge, unless you count being incessantly sociable as payment.

  

  Patricia Marx
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• I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.

  

  Mandy Moore
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• Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
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• I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.

  

  Olly Murs
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• I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.

  

  Sam Elliott
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• This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.

  

  R. C. Sproul
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• I have an insatiable palate. I'll try anything once, with an open mind. However, there is a special place in my heart for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Don't get me wrong, I've sampled specialty Mac & Cheese all over the world, but nothing competes with the stuff I grew up on.

  

  Rachel Nichols
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• Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • World
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• I realized that filmmaking is an eminently scalable act. No matter how big or how small, there's joys and stresses that will all scale themselves magnificently to fit the production.

  

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• In my opinion, villains are so much more interesting than heroes. So 'Suicide Squad' is just like, wow, so damn awesome.

  

  Harley Quinn Smith
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• I didn't add any new elements to the modern synthetic theory to speak of. I just modified things so that people could understand how things were in the plant world

  

  G. Ledyard Stebbins
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