E. O. Wilson Quotes
In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.
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I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as it was.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own inventiveness, the arbitrariness of its undertaking and the ruthlessness of the way in which it proceeds.
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Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you're an artist and you're taking risks, then you're doing something right if some people don't get it.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.'
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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Music therapy was so important in the early stages of my recovery because it can help retrain different parts of your brain to form language centers in areas where they weren't before you were injured.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
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I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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I was born and raised in California and benefited from California's excellent public schools, from kindergarten through medical school.
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Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.
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In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.
