E. O. Wilson Quotes
Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals. Four out of five animals on Earth are nematode worms — if all solid materials except nematode worms were to be eliminated, you could still see the ghostly outline of most of it in nematode worms.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm somebody who gets a lot of inspiration from dreams.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.
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I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.
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My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth.
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Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
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Changes in our aesthetic tastes have no value or meaning in and of themselves; what has value and meaning is the idea of change itself. Or, better stated: not change in and of itself, but change as an agent or inspiration of modern creations.
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One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.
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The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
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A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
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I like walking into the studio everyday and having completely custom, diverse artwork to do. And my clients keep the interesting ideas flowing in.
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Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.
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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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You don’t know how much you mean to me. ‘Cause even though when times got rough, you never turned away. You were right there. And I thank you. When I felt I had enough, you never turned away. You were right there. And I thank you, thank you.
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Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals. Four out of five animals on Earth are nematode worms — if all solid materials except nematode worms were to be eliminated, you could still see the ghostly outline of most of it in nematode worms.
