Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Quotes
I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get mean and horrible and aggressive and have wars.
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Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning unit on my car.
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Great amount of scientific research is there to show that health is better because transcendental meditation deals with consciousness, and consciousness is the basic value of all the physical expressions. The entire creation is the expression of consciousness.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.
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I don't mind dating younger men now.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.
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I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
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Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things.
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One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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I think legislation needs to put an end to doctors profiting on businesses to which they can funnel patients - that is business, not medicine. If you try to call it medicine, then it is corruption. Without legislation, it will keep happening.
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A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.
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Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it!
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When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered.
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Before you get to 'SNL,' you have your own sensibility. And when you get to 'SNL,' it's the show's sensibility.
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I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.
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Primary education was in the first place to teach people to be good people. Only secondary education teaches people to also be useful people.
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I would like to tell stories through the lens of the gay person, but not just for gay people.
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People are hungry for God. What a terrible meeting it would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.
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I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get mean and horrible and aggressive and have wars.
