E. O. Wilson Quotes
The search for knowledge is in our genes. It was put there by our distant ancestors who spread across the world, and it's never going to be quenched.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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I've sung background for a couple of bands.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.
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Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how to share the spoils.
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I'm not a comedienne. I'm an actress.
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I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.
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The search for knowledge is in our genes. It was put there by our distant ancestors who spread across the world, and it's never going to be quenched.
