E. O. Wilson Quotes
I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.
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My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
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Some of the people at Ripple I think are truly the smartest people I've ever worked with in my career, which makes it a lot of fun to go to work every day.
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I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.
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A single thought can revolutionize your life as it did mine. A single thought can make you rich or it can land you in prison for the rest of your life.
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I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.
