Carl Zimmer Quotes
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
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I just don't stop working.
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I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and in a funny way at peace, an observer who is aware of time's chariot, aware that some metamorphosis has occurred.
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Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.
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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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My middle finger won't go down, how do I wave?
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I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.
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My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, and she thought it was too crazy for me. She wanted me to be married with children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life.
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Suddenly you're like a pirate, you're 65 years old and you've got an earring.
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I don't really trust a sane person.
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And there's a visceral fun in watching Team America and making it, like taking a puppet and throwing it against the wall. Because it's not CG, there's something funny about it.
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We used to go in the woods by ourselves, and you can't help noticing the world then, especially animals. People used to know a lot about the natural world, especially in the country.
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I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.'
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I have nothing to lose and think that it's a positive thing that I am young and playing on a good level.
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The waving of a pine tree on the top of a mountain - a magic wand in Nature's hand - every devout mountaineer knows its power; but the marvelous beauty value of what the Scotch call a breckan in a still dell, what poet has sung this?
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A riveting and realistic portrayal of space travel gone wrong, and of a crew who must fight for their survival. Bones Burnt Black is exciting, and expertly told. A must-listen.
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All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
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To be great is to assume great concerns.
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There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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We really depend on viruses for our complete survival.
