Georges Cuvier Quotes
My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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I am healthy and happy.
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In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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I'm really interested in playing my age.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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I want people to tell me the truth.
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I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
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If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.
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If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
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If you have two steaks, one that's an inch thick, one that's 2 inches thick, how much longer does the thicker one need to cook? It's four times as long. It goes roughly like the square. How come cookbooks don't tell you that?
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It's so ironic - when you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.
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Writers in Britain aren't really celebrities. You become kind of a darling of a small set.
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I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.
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Are men and women different creatures? Do we feel things differently? Being a man, I can't know what a woman feels.
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A treeCannot growIn its parents’ shadows.
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I would not have been here if I was not from a political family.
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I'd have sex with a number of the Muppets. I just don't talk about it publicly. It's private. Although a hint is, that there was a character in Elmo in Grouchland who was called 'My Lady' and that's all I'll say.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.
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The amphibious landing of U.S. Marines on September 1950 at Inchon, on the west coast of Korea, was one of the most audacious and spectacularly successful amphibious landings in all naval history.
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The early church didn’t say, ‘Look what the world is coming to!’ They said, ‘Look what has come into the world’!
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My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect.
