Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes
Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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My mother tried her best to give us a sense of self-esteem.
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People without fathers tend to have two predominant characteristics. They tend to believe anything is possible. At the same time there's an anxiety and an unending insecurity. It's a very American thing because back in the past, we lost our fathers or father. The king.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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What haunts me is not exactly the absence of literal space so much as a deep craving for metaphorical space: release, escape, some kind of open-ended freedom.
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My family moved a lot, so I was always walking in as the new kid.
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Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species.
