William Beebe Quotes
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You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.
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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Today more than 20,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. More than 90 insurance companies sell and service flood service insurance. There are more than four million policies covering the total of $800 billion.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.
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I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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I've had a hip replacement, I've beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, 'I'm done.'
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I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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The media is controlled.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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Language may not determine the way we think, but it does influence the way we perceive and remember, and it affects the ease with which we perform mental tasks.
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McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base.
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I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get.
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What is wonderful to see is how incredibly affectionate and physically affectionate Nancy Reagan was, you know? She was so on her guard, she was threatened by just about everybody.
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There is a poetry in making preserves; the housewife has caught duration in the snare of sugar, she has enclosed life in jars.
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To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King.
