Louise Leakey Quotes

Every species becomes extinct; at some point, we will go extinct. The question is, as Homo sapiens, are we going to be able to adapt to the change that we're actually part of? We're causing such dramatic changes to the planet, so yes, you do stop and think, 'I wonder where we're headed.'

Louise Leakey

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• I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Want
  • Broadway
  • Toy

• Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Time
  • Work
  • Real

• I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.

  

  Ralph Lauren
  • School
  • Know
  • Fashion

• I don't like possessions.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Like
  • Possessions

• To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Modern
  • Expect
  • Intellect

• A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

  

  Barry Levinson
  • Time
  • Interesting
  • Mistakes

• The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.

  

  Samuel P. Huntington
  • Truth
  • American
  • America

• The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Vote
  • Wishes
  • Minority

• I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

  

  Harold Washington
  • Want
  • Really
  • Mayor

• I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active.

  

  Caity Lotz
  • World
  • Kids
  • Hope

• The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

  

  Naoto Kan
  • World
  • Now
  • Plants

• That's pretty much who I am. I like to get riled up. I feel like it brings the best out of me and the other guys.

  

  Malik Jackson
  • Best
  • Riled

• As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Job
  • Opportunity
  • Fashion

• There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.

  

  Jack Dee
  • Up
  • God
  • Attitude

• Don't confuse honours with achievement.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Achievement
  • Honours

• I'm trying to work, be diverse and multi-talented.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Work
  • Trying
  • Diverse

• I have great respect for Jaypee Greens as a company that has produced a truly world class, 24-carat, championship golf course. I am happy to be associated with a company with such outstanding qualities.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • World
  • Great
  • Happy

• We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand by it.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • People
  • Long
  • Stand

• I don't know if you realize, but I use the word 'Fuck,' so that I can think of other stuff.

  

  Lewis Black

• It's very hard when you love someone very much to also start to realize that maybe you want different things for your lives.

  

  Aisha Tyler
  • Different

• I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

  

  Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Work
  • Accountability

• Man I got so many regrets. The biggest is that Eminem gave me so many demos - six different times he approached me, and I didn't sign him. Shame on me.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Different
  • Man
  • Me

• Hollywood is a small town, believe it or not. I see the same people over and over, so it's not that overwhelming or crazy as you might think.

  

  Mark Salling
  • People
  • Believe
  • Small

• Every species becomes extinct; at some point, we will go extinct. The question is, as Homo sapiens, are we going to be able to adapt to the change that we're actually part of? We're causing such dramatic changes to the planet, so yes, you do stop and think, 'I wonder where we're headed.'

  

  Louise Leakey
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  • Question
  • Wonder