Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers.
Quotes to Explore
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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I have nothing to explain. As for being misunderstood, I have grown accustomed to that.
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I'm normally the least busy person I know.
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We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.
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Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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Innovation is strict common sense with wild imagination.
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To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
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Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.
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In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff - there's almost an incentive to go back to making music as adventurous and groundbreaking as you can, because nobody gets a big hit anymore.
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The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
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I put the cameras on her and told her to be obnoxious as she could possibly could be. She was.
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Before Disney, I did other shows so I was aware of the business. They're all the same in that they're a professional environment. The only difference between a Disney show and other network shows are in the age of the actors you're working with and the age of the intended audience.
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The reason people sweat is so they won't catch fire when making love.
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For me, it's always been draining to be around people for too long because I'm naturally a pretty expressionless person. From an early age, I found being alone incredibly liberating.
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Once a bustling logging town, Sandpoint has embraced its natural beauty to become an amazing resort town drawing people near and far to enjoy its beauty and recreational possibilities. It's truly a small town with a huge backyard.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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The American dream comes from opportunity. The opportunity comes from our founding principles, our core values that's held together and protected by the Constitution. Those ideas are neither Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, white, or black. Those are American ideologies.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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I don't have the freaking energy to write a memo. I'm out there saving lives.
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It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers.
