E. O. Wilson Quotes
Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it to our great benefit. We ignore and degrade it to our great peril.
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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.
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Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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I believe that every child in Maryland deserves a world-class education, regardless of what neighborhood they grow up in.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.
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My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people's idea of obsessive.
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Nature is a totally efficient, self-regenerati ng system. IF we discover the laws that govern this system and live synergistically within them, sustainability will follow and humankind will be a success.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.
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Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it to our great benefit. We ignore and degrade it to our great peril.
