E. O. Wilson Quotes
Jungles and grasslands are the logical destinations, and towns and farmland the labyrinths that people have imposed between them sometime in the past. I cherish the green enclaves accidentally left behind.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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I trained in medicine in India, and after that, I chose psychiatry as my specialty, much to the dismay of my mother and all my family members who kind of thought neurosurgery would be a more respectable option for their brilliant son.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.
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I think you have to be very secure as an actor to escape yourself - to revisit someone's past, whether you're portraying another person or creating someone, and then to come back to who you are and not bring those emotions with you.
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Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.
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A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
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Jungles and grasslands are the logical destinations, and towns and farmland the labyrinths that people have imposed between them sometime in the past. I cherish the green enclaves accidentally left behind.
