Wes Jackson Quotes
Instead of trying to understand agriculture in its own terms, acknowledge that agriculture ultimately comes out of nature. Right now agriculture is the No. 1 threat to biodiversity on the planet.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
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And I think I have a distinct voice.
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My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course.
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Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.
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I personally have a background of many days on end of confusion, understimulation, overstimulation, and uncomfortableness with the world around me.
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I had done a lot of reading, relative for a kid, about World War Two, and I thought about Chamberlain a lot.
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My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.
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I'm a big fan of intention. That's because I have learned first-hand the power of setting my intention on my goal and making all decisions based off of that intention.
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It's cool to go places where working people are happy.
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I want to try and pay back the confidence and care that the people at Atletico have always shown me.
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I'm on record that it didn't really traumatize me to do away with some people.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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A case of can't do with, can't do without, that's why I married him again.
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Both my parents were working-class and had dreams of making the world a better place. It's pretty powerful, being able to reflect back their beliefs.
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I love the trick of painting. You can have the movement within the still thing, but it is completely fixed. And that illusion is constantly exciting.
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I think my beard (in 'Drag Me To Hell') is getting a better IMDb rating than I am.
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I think sport in general affects what people see in movies. I always try to explain to people in Hollywood that we have to make movies more like sport because, in sport, everything can happen and it's so much better than movies in some ways.
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Instead of trying to understand agriculture in its own terms, acknowledge that agriculture ultimately comes out of nature. Right now agriculture is the No. 1 threat to biodiversity on the planet.
