William Bateson Quotes
That the variations are controlled by physiological law, we have now experimental proof; but that this control is guided ever so little in response to the needs of adaptation there is not the smallest sign.William Bateson
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I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.
Callan McAuliffe -
I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
Rachel Gibson -
Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
Jack Canfield -
In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
Pankaj Mishra -
Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
Sabine Baring-Gould
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
Olafur Eliasson -
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
Naguib Mahfouz -
No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead.
Van Wyck Brooks -
I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.
Adam Peaty -
There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons -
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
Rabindranath Tagore
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It doesn't always make sense to have a token on the blockchain that is both useful and represents ownership - it has to be something where there's a network effect. That's why I cite Facebook as an example of what could be disrupted more so than, say, Amazon - which is bit more centralized and is not exactly a network of users in the same way.
Olaf Carlson-Wee -
The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen plays.
Ian McDiarmid -
It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don't do? This don't make sense.
Ornette Coleman -
I participate in the SNAP Challenge to raise awareness about the millions of people in our communities who struggle with hunger on a daily basis despite living in the most prosperous nation ever known.
Ted Deutch -
A relationship is sent by God and accident.
Fiona Shaw -
There are very few places in the world where you have to learn a language with no language in common. It's called a monolingual field situation.
Daniel Everett
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Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.
Joan Cusack -
You have a deeper purpose that drives you. You have to talk to yourself about what that purpose is. If you run through like a hamster to chase fame or money, you might end up wasting your life away. You find what drives you and gives you energy.
Daniel Lubetzky -
The Taliban rose to power in 1996, vowing stability and an end to the violence raging across the country between warring mujahedeen factions, and to implement rule by Sharia law, or strict Islamic rule.
Lynsey Addario -
One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time.
Kevin Kelly -
That the variations are controlled by physiological law, we have now experimental proof; but that this control is guided ever so little in response to the needs of adaptation there is not the smallest sign.
William Bateson