Charles C. Mann Quotes
Farmers can't plant much more land because almost every accessible acre of arable soil is already in use. Nor can the use of fertilizer be increased: it is already being overused everywhere except some parts of Africa, and the runoff is polluting rivers, lakes, and oceans.Charles C. Mann
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest Day'/'Rule The World' sound to make that epic ballad. I think it does the job.
Olly Murs -
As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.
Viktor Orban -
But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
Randy Newman -
The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
Pat Metheny -
Once upon a time, I was a little girl sick in the hospital, and my mother gave me a copy of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' to comfort me.
Kate Forsyth -
There is not love where there is no will.
Indira Gandhi
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You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.
Dan Gilbert -
It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
Zach LaVine -
I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.'
Felicity Jones -
Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
Harry Browne -
When I'm working, I always read stuff that's as far away from what I'm working on as possible, so I'll read American crime fiction at bedtime, or Emily Dickinson.
Mal Peet -
But I've consistently worked for 10 years.
Balthazar Getty
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Pubescent girls, it seems, are manifestly more likely to exhibit extreme and bizarre psychological symptoms than are teenage boys.
Caitlin Flanagan -
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson -
I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
Madeleine Albright -
I work strategically with my management team to make all decisions.
Karlie Kloss -
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America. And undocumented immigrants who desperately want to embrace those responsibilities see little option but to remain in the shadows, or risk their families being torn apart.
Barack Obama
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To the wingless a more interesting phenomenon is their (W/E Egg) dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf.
Parker Posey -
I've always been a geek and slightly awkward... slightly umm... I was never the cool kid at school.
David Tennant -
If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.
Angus Deaton -
Our natural and happiest life is when we lose ourselves in the exquisite absorption of home.
Nikki Gemmell -
Farmers can't plant much more land because almost every accessible acre of arable soil is already in use. Nor can the use of fertilizer be increased: it is already being overused everywhere except some parts of Africa, and the runoff is polluting rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Charles C. Mann