Taylor Wilson Quotes
If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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The Obama economy has led to the lowest labor force participation since 1978.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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Many of us will be obsessed with one or another kind of secret or revelation, be it gossip about friends or ourselves, a fantasy about spies, or a worry about the most personal information now stored in data banks. But few of us think about secrets in general, or about the moral rights and wrongs of hiding or exposing them.
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Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.
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I kind of woke up one morning and was like, 'Oh I see what's happening, I get everything'. I woke up and was like, 'I get it, I'm a product.'
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In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything, but because I see international standards, and I see that they are worth fighting for.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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We feel in one world, we think and name in another. Between the two we can set up a system of references, but we cannot fill in the gap.
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If I was to buy a suit, I'd probably go to Men's Wearhouse - because you're going to like the way you look; they guarantee it.
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The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So America.... The moment the last nuclei of Red [Indian] life break up in America, then the white men will have to reckon with the full force of the demon of the continent.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
