Louise Leakey Quotes
What the fossil record does do is to force us to contemplate our place on the planet. We are but one species of several hominids that inhabited Planet Earth, and like our distant cousins who went extinct fairly recently, our time on Planet Earth is also finite.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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I don't deal with the whole 'bad boy who doesn't call you.' That doesn't interest me at all, and I just look the other way.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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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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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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It could be interesting doing something with Kanye.
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Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.
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My one thing is respect. I don't care about anything else. You should respect everyone around you - the people who work for you, peers. Be classy.
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I don't want there to be this separation between the rich and poor. I may be part of the three percent because I've been fortunate and done well for myself, but I will never forget about the 97 percent. That was me growing up. I was so poor I dreamt about being just 'regular poor,' not 'poor, poor.'
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What the fossil record does do is to force us to contemplate our place on the planet. We are but one species of several hominids that inhabited Planet Earth, and like our distant cousins who went extinct fairly recently, our time on Planet Earth is also finite.
