William Bateson Quotes
Though the problem of evolution is all unsolved and the old questions stand unanswered, there are those who have taken on themselves the responsibility of giving to the ignorant, as a gospel, in the name of Science, the rough guesses of yesterday that tomorrow should forget.
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You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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Even if there is peace with all the Arab states, I don't know if the terrorism against us will pass from this world.
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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We want to take care of our employees, because they take care of our family.
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Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork!
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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
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It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.
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Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government.
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Smoking cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall, teacher sends you to the Principal's office down the hall.
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To try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly.
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I am a very conservative journalist and prefer to write about what happened, and not what will happen.
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Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he's over sixty
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There aren't that many galleries in Havana. There are a few state galleries and an ever-increasing but still limited number of independent galleries; there's no comparison with the number in New York.
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Though the problem of evolution is all unsolved and the old questions stand unanswered, there are those who have taken on themselves the responsibility of giving to the ignorant, as a gospel, in the name of Science, the rough guesses of yesterday that tomorrow should forget.
