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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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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I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.
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The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.
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Although attracted by the humanities, I had chosen medicine as a career, seduced by the image of the 'man in white' dispensing care and solace to the suffering. But science was lurking around the corner, in the form of an unpaid student assistantship in the laboratory of physiology.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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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.
