Louis Leakey Quotes
To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I've always been fascinated by how the past impacts the present. For the first half of my career as a novelist, I wrote psychological suspense mysteries. I wanted to be a therapist but was told that while I was a fine diagnostician, I would be a terrible therapist because I wanted to solve everyone's problems.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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People, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations.
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A wonderful acting teacher I love, Josh Pais, has a system I love for being in the moment in acting, but also in life. And one of the things he reminds me of is to take a moment and just be here now.
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I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.
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When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do.
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I am an actor who turned hero at age 32, after many years of struggle. I wanted to break the stereotype that only good-looking men with a good complexion, height and physique can be heroes, which I have managed to do.
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To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.
