Georges Cuvier Quotes
The natural food of man, judging from his structure, appears to consist of the fruits, roots, and other succulent parts of vegetables.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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We get to a point where we're like, you know what, one day we're just not gonna be here anymore, so I'm going to enjoy every second of it.
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Someone once said about me that I talk to everyone the same, no matter what age they are. I don't see kids and adults. I see everyone the same.
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People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.
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Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.
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Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.
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Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time.
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I always like to tell a story.
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I went to Coachella once, and it was only to go see Leonard Cohen. I got in the car and sat through all the crazy traffic in L.A. to get there - instead of a two hour drive, it takes, like, six hours. Then I watched his set and turned around and left. I just so wanted to see him perform in the desert.
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We don't tell the officials to change the standard for the playoffs, but as we all know, time and space tends to evaporate very quickly in a playoff game; there tends to be a lot more physicality and a lot more adjustments in the course of a series.
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Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating.
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Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune.
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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I started writing for myself because I know how to write for myself. I know how to show what I can do.
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I like it when adult straight men are big fans of 'Pitch Perfect!'
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I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job.
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I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me.
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At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a roll, but I don't. I figure that if I'm on a roll, it's partially because I know I'm about to stop.
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The problem today isn't low-quality journalism, it's too much noise. If one out of five 'Business Insider' stories is original, the other four would be culled.
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Food-wise, I'm trying to eat a lot of fruits. I take vitamin pills. For me, that's helpful. Luckily, if I don't go to the gym for two weeks, I'm not feeling it yet, but everybody is warning me, 'Just wait a few more years. You'll feel it.'
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The natural food of man, judging from his structure, appears to consist of the fruits, roots, and other succulent parts of vegetables.
