E. O. Wilson Quotes
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
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Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
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Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
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There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.
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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.
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I understand how the economy actually works.
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Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.
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Growing up in a suburban home, the world seems so massive to you. It seems like cities are so big and so far away, and there's so much in them. So your imagination runs wild, instead of when you are born in the middle of Manhattan, you'd know, like, that this is the biggest city.
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Those who determine not to put self to death will never see the will of God fulfilled in their lives. Those who ought to become the light of the world must necessarily burn and become less and less. By denying self, we are able to win others.
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You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side.
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I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
