William Vogt Quotes
We must come to understand our past, our history, in terms of the soil and water and forests and grasses that have made it what it is.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.
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I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.
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I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.
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I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.
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Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
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I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.
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Major organizational changes create uncertainty.
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I have this weird tropism for islands. Take me to an island as far from New York as I can possibly go.
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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
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There are two words for everything.
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I think songwriting was the biggest way that I found my identity.
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As the Spanish proverb says, 'He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
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Prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.
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Long hours of labour seem to be the secret of the rational and healthful processes, which are to raise the condition of the labourer by an improvement of his mental and moral powers and to make a rational consumer out of him.
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I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.
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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.
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We must come to understand our past, our history, in terms of the soil and water and forests and grasses that have made it what it is.
