E. O. Wilson Quotes
The fraction of Americans working in occupations concerned primarily with information has increased from 20 to nearly 50 percent of the work force.
Quotes to Explore
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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I feel like we can learn from each other by us, being the young generation, giving knowledge to the older guys.
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act.
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You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.
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The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.
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During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.
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The most important thing about an astronaut is you have to take for a given a person's done pretty well in school, has the intelligence and all of that to learn new systems and new things. But after that, the most important thing I think is being able to get along with others. Flexibility and teamwork, those issues because as we fly longer and longer in space, those are really important factors, even on short shuttle missions, those are important factors, to put a crew together that can work together effectively as a team, that can get along.
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The fraction of Americans working in occupations concerned primarily with information has increased from 20 to nearly 50 percent of the work force.
