Carl Safina Quotes
Bottom trawls-large bag-shaped nets towed over the sea floor-account for more of the world's catch of fish, shrimp, squid, and other marine animals than any other fishing method. But trawling also disturbs the sea floor more than any other human activity, with increasingly devastating consequences for the world's fish population.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
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If I had been straight, I would have been an entirely different person. I would never have turned toward writing with a burning desire to confess, to understand, to justify myself in the eyes of others... I wouldn't have been impelled to live in New York and choose the hard poverty of bohemia over the soft comfort of the business world.
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Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.
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A lot of people who get into any art form have some form of mental..something in their head which is unstable
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It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.
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I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.
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Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want.
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I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.
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Bottom trawls-large bag-shaped nets towed over the sea floor-account for more of the world's catch of fish, shrimp, squid, and other marine animals than any other fishing method. But trawling also disturbs the sea floor more than any other human activity, with increasingly devastating consequences for the world's fish population.
