E. O. Wilson Quotes
We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize.
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Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.
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Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
