E. O. Wilson Quotes
Cultural change is the statistical product of the separate behavioral responses of large numbers of human beings who cope as best they can with social existence.
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Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.
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Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
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It's always good to play tennis with a better player to bring out the best in you.
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Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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Intolerance is alien to Hinduism.
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We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything.
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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
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I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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I have a variety of styles. I don't stick to one particular style.
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Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.
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Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
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A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
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Honest work is much better than a mansion.
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Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us to die.
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As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.
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To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.
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When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's 'Ulysses.' Entirely out of the blue, Kafka's characters receive an order to go somewhere, and when they try to comply, they never quite manage it. Ki-yong in 'Your Republic Is Calling You' is precisely that sort of character.
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I love that my friends are sometimes even 20, 30 years older than me - that I can just sit and enjoy their company and their experiences.
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I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.
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You can ravish your woman so deeply that her surrender breaks your heart into light.
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With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.
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Cultural change is the statistical product of the separate behavioral responses of large numbers of human beings who cope as best they can with social existence.
