E. O. Wilson Quotes
I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.
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Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: 'Be careful.'
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I study history in order to give an interpretation.
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Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer.
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There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?
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The only places where I have found that simple human dignity, that respect for the other man, and the gracious feel of tolerance and humanity have not been either among the heroes of the class-struggle or the 'thinking men' but among my simple 'backward' people.
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I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.
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Growing up in Manhattan has given me a thick skin.
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I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.
