Carl Linnaeus Quotes
I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
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If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.
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Pakistan has accepted some security training from the CIA, but U.S. export restrictions and Pakistani suspicions have prevented the two countries from sharing the most sophisticated technology for safeguarding nuclear components.
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You don't know where life takes you.
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If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
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I don't actually do any exercise, which is really bad. But I wear heels a lot. My theory is that it's painful, so it's gotta do something.
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To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
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I have nothing to do with Donald Trump.
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To fight a war, you must believe it can accomplish something. We fight this one to save John’s kingdom, or perhaps even to save all of mankind...but isn’t that what we always think? That all wars are useless-except the one we’re fighting now?
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Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
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I just want you inside, baby, we don't need to talk about promises.
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Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.
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The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
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I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.
