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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On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.
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I sort of feel like 'Mad Men' fans are like sci-fi fans because they are very, very devoted, and they're very loyal and very excited about it.
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I began thinking there should be an American phrase book, 'cause I've got an Italian phrase book, and an Arabic one... now a British one. I think it'd be pretty good to have an American phrase book.
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Poor Gauguin, 'way off there on his island! I'll wager he spends most of his time thinking of Rue Lafitte. I advised him to go to New Orleans, but he decided it was too civilized. He had to have people around him with flowers on their heads and rings in their noses before he could feel at home. Now if I should leave my house for more than two days...
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Humans make errors. We make errors of fact and errors of judgment. We have blind spots in our field of vision and gaps in our stream of attention. Sometimes we can't even answer the simplest questions.
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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.
