Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
Living in four parks in the state of Assam. A hundred years ago, in Africa, the population of black rhinos approached a million; it has since been reduced to around five thousand animals.
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I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
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I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
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If I have anything, it's tenacity.
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Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
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Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.
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If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.
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I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: '60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
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A 'Cosmo' cover has been my dream my entire life. I cried when I found out.
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You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.
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I love my stories being multi-layered, and coming at it from different angles, so that you don't understand the film's true emotional motivation until the very end.
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I describe Bitcoin as 'the Skype of money.'
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I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
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I'm still a firm believer that we were definitely put here to use our minds, and that is what makes us different. And that that's the key. If there is anything that is going to stop mankind from being such a beastly, destructive creature, it is reason.
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I would feel like my life was a success if my children grow into well-adjusted, happy, functioning members of society. Capable and happy and normal.
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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.
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I like the feeling of being dominated
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The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
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I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.
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By 1760, the Nantucketers had virtually exterminated the local whale population.
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Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.
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I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
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Living in four parks in the state of Assam. A hundred years ago, in Africa, the population of black rhinos approached a million; it has since been reduced to around five thousand animals.
