Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
During a mass extinction, vast swathes of the tree are cut short, as if attacked by crazed, axe-wielding madmen.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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I have a lot of friends who do EDM music; they had to tell me what a 'drop' was.
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Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.
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It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.
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We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
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I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.
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The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.
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As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at dramatic life extension.
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Statesmen remember things selectively.
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Workmen's compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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We can see God's reflection in everything he created.
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Zaandam is particularly remarkable and there is enough here to paint for a life-time.
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In the morning, when thou art sluggish at rousing thee, let this thought be present; 'I am rising to a man’s work.'
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I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.
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If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.
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The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.
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I figured he'd be like a genius, because he is. He’s very, very subtle and nuanced. It’s very much in the eyes. That’s how it is in real life. He’s such a great actor. I was just amazed that I got the chance to work with him.
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O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell.
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I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
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My mother was a gorgeous person with no vanity, but she was a really good soul.
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The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.
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During a mass extinction, vast swathes of the tree are cut short, as if attacked by crazed, axe-wielding madmen.
