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.
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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.
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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!'
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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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.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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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.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
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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.
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When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.
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Recipes can be incredibly vague where chillies are concerned.
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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.
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We're always going to be a society that's going to slow down and look at the wreck on the side if the road if there is one. We're always going to do that because it's still fascinating and it's human nature.
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I'd think,'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for a way to get out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if your that kind of person.
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We set out to become a band for our time. But sometimes if you do a good-enough job, you become a band for all time.
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The more you go on, the less you need people standing between you and the animal and the camera waving their arms about.
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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.
