E. O. Wilson Quotes
Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.
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Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.
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Minorities within nation-states frayed by global capitalism are naturally more resentful of hollowed-out but still heavily centralised systems of political and economic domination.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
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When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'
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I'm excited to be a part of the Marvel universe because I grew up with it.
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Rob Goldstone is a talent manager for Emin Agalarov, who's an Azerbaijani Russian singer who performed at Miss Universe and later performed at the WGC championship golf course tournament that we held at Doral.
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I was thinking of going to college or staying in L.A. to act, and I stayed to give it a chance. I'm glad I did. I've had a lot of wonderful experiences - some horrible ones, but mostly really beautiful ones.
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My parents were the traditional Filipino parents who didn't talk about money around the dinner table.
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I have left all my business and all my husbands; I have taken with me only fair weather and my children, which is as much as I want.
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
