Charles Darwin Quotes
Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation; but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity.
Quotes to Explore
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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I don't really yell at people.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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When girls walk home we put on lippy and makeup. We chat. Sometimes we pretend to be hunchbacks. But that is it. Perfectly normal behavior.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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I don't want my kids going through what I went through - police stopping you, searching you and all that malarkey.
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If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making ourselves feel good today. But climate change is not the only challenge of the 21st century, and for many other global problems we have low-cost, durable solutions.
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The rules I go by are: Always keep your villains bad, and keep the plot grounded and real. If you keep those stakes, the comedy will bounce off that and work.
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Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation; but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity.
