Carl Zimmer Quotes
The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast.
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
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I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.
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For me, 'risky' is revealing what really happened in my life through music. Risky is writing confessional songs and telling the true story about a person with enough details so everyone knows who that person is.
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I don't eat bad food. I probably just eat too much food, and I think a lot of people do.
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I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'
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The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
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Every woman, whether or not they're comfortable with the term 'feminist,' probably wants to be equal to men, and that is fundamentally what feminism is about.
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For those not so taken by the star power, this new 'Ocean's Eleven' is the equivalent of a domineering team you can't stand that enters the Super Bowl. Even if you don't like the players, the odds are so good that it's tough to bet against them.
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When I saw 'The Player', I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience.
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I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.
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Once you have set the goal, give your staff the space to get there. If you micromanage, you will be able to do very little.
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If our opinions rest upon solid ground, those who attack them do not make us angry, but themselves ridiculous.
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Only useless things are indispensable.
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I do engage veterans. I meet with the veterans' service organizations monthly. It's a direct, no-holds-barred discussion. I travel to their conventions, where I speak to the veterans membership. I do travel. I've been to all 50 states. When I do, I engage veterans locally. So I get direct feedback from those veterans.
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Ninety percent of my roles, I've had to fight for. It's only a really small percentage of people who get handed roles. But that can be quite scary. The good thing about auditioning is that you get to test yourself and see if you can play this character - you're also auditioning yourself. I enjoy seeing what the chemistry is between the people you might be working with.
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The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast.
