Louis Leakey Quotes
Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
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When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.
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Going to the Super Bowl is not the reward. It's playing really well and winning.
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I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
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It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
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Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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It's ridiculous that we are in a place where we feel like we can classify and dismiss certain groups of people just because of the way they look, or we have these standards of health - like, cellulite is something you need to get rid of. No, it isn't. It's just a part of people's bodies.
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People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.
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Corporate executives often buy or sell shares in their companies, and stocks rarely rise or fall significantly when those transactions are reported.
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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
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When you're portraying someone that really existed, there has to be a time as an actress where you leave reality and move into the fantasy world so you can do your job of creating a character.
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Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
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I’ve always wanted to do the right thing by a horse, that’s never changed, its just that as my knowledge grew I’ve been able to offer the horse a better human being, as time has gone on.
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Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
