Carleton S. Coon Quotes
The introduction of cooking may well have been the decisive factor in leading man from a primarily animal existence into one that was more fully human.Carleton S. Coon
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
Jackie DeShannon -
I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
Owain Yeoman -
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
Eduardo Chillida -
'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
Hal Sparks -
A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
Dan Gilbert -
E-Verify is a very commonsense reform that we can implement here in the state of Florida. I think I share a lot of Floridians' frustration that it didn't pass and a lot of the politics that were taking place behind the scenes.
Adam Hasner
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
Larry Speakes -
I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
Victoria Pendleton -
The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
Kate Atkinson -
When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
Dakota Fanning -
I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
Jack White The White Stripes -
In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
Yami Gautam
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A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
P. Chidambaram -
As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older.
Olivia Wilde -
When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
When you do well at an audition, it is the highest high you can achieve because you just beat yourself. You became whatever it was, for a minute. It's a great feeling when that happens.
Madeline Zima -
I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.
Immaculee Ilibagiza -
What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
O. Henry
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Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
Thomas A. Edison -
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
Gail Sheehy -
Men threatened by feminism either don't understand it or don't like that they now have to modify their own shitty behavior.
Caitlin Stasey -
I have enough rhythm to blend at this point. I have enough rhythm to blend one song into another. But man, I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.
Katherine Heigl -
The introduction of cooking may well have been the decisive factor in leading man from a primarily animal existence into one that was more fully human.
Carleton S. Coon