Asa Gray Quotes
It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized.
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I've known Bezos for decades, since the very early days of Amazon, so it's no surprise to me that he's smart or willing to make big bets.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.
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I have more friends in New York than Paris.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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I have nothing to hide.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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Some of my academic friends think I've fallen from a very special grace.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
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Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
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I think we always view people who make us feel uncomfortable and appear to intrude on our middle-class cozy space, we view them with, if not hostility, at least suspicion, discomfort, embarrassment.
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Back when we were first making records, you didn't just make the music, you put a great deal of energy into the way it looked, and every word that was written on the whole thing.
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I would love to write and produce. I feel as if as an actor I'm just a small part you have to multi-task to survive in the entertainment industry.
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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.
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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized.
