E. O. Wilson Quotes
[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].
Quotes to Explore
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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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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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.
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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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Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
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We've got 942 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time we spent an afternoon sitting in High Park with one of them?
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin were the biggest inspirations for my work because they trod into areas considered to be owned by male writers and created these worlds that are infused with an understanding of so much more than just technology.
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We need to fund our troops. We need to protect them. We need to increase homeland security. These are vital national security interest we need to fund.
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Putting people into homes, though a desirable goal, shouldn’t be our country’s primary objective. Keeping them in their homes should be the ambition.
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I feel true success comes from being able to work and the love for it.
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First I became U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for WHO, and that was in 2005. And then, about a year or so later, I decided to start my foundation.
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[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].
