E. O. Wilson Quotes
The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological diversity everywhere.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski's personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
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When quite young I can remember I had no thought or wish of surpassing others. I was rather taken with a liking of little arts and bits of learning. My mother carefully fostered a liking for botany, giving me a small microscope and many books, which I yet have. Strange as it may seem, I now believe that botany and the natural system, by exercising discrimination of kinds, is the best of logical exercises. What I may do in logic is perhaps derived from that early attention to botany.
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I do have a lot of difficulty figuring out what I want to be working on, but what's the alternative? To be one of those people who has a million things they want to do, and then never does any of them? And then where will you be?
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That's the person I plan on being for a very long time: someone who stands up, someone who is an advocate for people, [even if it's for] something that some people think is only hair. I think it's more than just that. I want to be a spokesperson for self-love and for diversity.
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There are three major issues now that are becoming important, not only for cities, but for all mankind: Mobility, sustainability - which is linked to mobility - and social diversity.
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In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but not in the professionals. You eat, sleep, and do everything related to your craft - and your craft is football. You can be at it from sunup to sundown.
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological diversity everywhere.
