Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
According to Lamarck, there was a force—the ‘power of life’—that pushed organisms to become increasingly complex.Elizabeth Kolbert
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I'm very English. I'm white. I mean, I'm so pale. With spray tans they start peeling and start getting really dirty looking.
Sam Claflin -
We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.
Carlos Slim -
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
Ralph Ellison -
Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
Adam Hamilton -
I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
Paris Hilton -
The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
Ted Sarandos
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
G. Edward Griffin -
We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.
Frances Wright -
I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think, in essence, what you're doing is you're raping yourself really.
Karl Urban -
I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it.
Adam Green -
It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.
Zach LaVine -
In the midst of events there is no perspective.
Barbara W. Tuchman
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Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy,Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy.Workin' on mysteries without any clues,Workin' on our night moves.Tryin' to make some front page drive-in news,Workin' on our night moves.
Bob Seger -
Jupiter: I am not your king, impudent larva? Who then has created you?Orestes: You. But you should not have created me free.
Jean-Paul Sartre -
What makes people successful in this business is to be yourself on camera. Sounds simple. It's not.
Matt Lauer -
Forgive your enemies, but first get even.
Lester Cole -
Everyone in London, Wales, and France made the 'Merlin' experience a very, very special one.
Colin Morgan -
Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once.
James Gray
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Atari collapsed in '84, and I went freelance, and that was when I started spreading out and doing my own thing. I really cut loose and did a game called 'Trust and Betrayal', which was the first game solely about interpersonal relationships.
Chris Crawford -
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
Barry Levinson -
I found that it was easiest to convey the information in the context of the life of the scientist or in the context of our own personal experience, and there was no idea that was too complicated that couldn't be explained clearly and directly.
Ann Druyan -
I think with any movie, the more you know, it loses some of its power.
Peyton Reed -
He is no longer a city dweller who has even once in his life caught a ruff or seen how, on clear and cool autumn days, flocks of migrating thrushes drift over a village. Until his death he will be drawn to freedom.
Anton Chekhov -
According to Lamarck, there was a force—the ‘power of life’—that pushed organisms to become increasingly complex.
Elizabeth Kolbert