E. O. Wilson Quotes
I think that's my nature, to want to bring people together rather than to try to bombard them into agreement.
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
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I need it to survive. But most specifically, McDonalds Big Mac's and McDoubles (with no pickles).
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Hours wasted in traffic represent not only lost wages but enormous amounts of economic activity that might have happened. Congestion indirectly increases consumer prices, makes travel times unreliable for commuters and truckers, and precludes many people from accessing jobs in urban hubs.
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You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
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One healthy thing I'd like for players to know, whether they're active or former, is you likely can't replicate the thrill of playing before 100,000 people and big hits and making that much money. We can get ourselves into trouble trying to.
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I have always noticed that when people consider others eccentric, it is because they are reveling in some form of enjoyment that their critics can neither compass nor share.
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I think that's my nature, to want to bring people together rather than to try to bombard them into agreement.
