Mary Leakey Quotes

I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would.

Mary Leakey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 6, 1913 - December 9, 1996

Topics

SchoolNeverSingleClearlyWould

It's a different kind of acting, this 'Law & Order' thing. They want two partners who can play off each other well and are fun to watch, but depth of character is not necessary in this job. Too much character gets in the way of the story. This is a very specific gig.

Jeremy Sisto

CharacterJobFunLawStoryActing

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

John Mortimer

YourselfWritingRuleOnlyValidity

If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better.

Anna Julia Cooper

WomenMenPeopleBetterPlaceDone

I work really long hours and work a lot and have done press tours and junkets, but there is nothing like a presidential campaign that I have experienced before... I think at one point we visited three different cities in one state in 12 hours. It's exhausting.

America Ferrera

WorkThinkLongDoneThreeNothing

We're trying to make sure that financial advisers act like lawyers and doctors. When you go to a lawyer or doctor, they have an obligation to put your best interests first. Financial advisers don't.

Tom Perez

BestDoctorLawyerFinancialYouGo

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

Robert Bork

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Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.

Rutherford B. Hayes

ManCityVillageDebtHardOut

Love cannot long survive without truth. Nor is truth really truth unless it is integrated with love.

Michael O'Brien

LoveTruthSurviveLongWithoutNor

There have always been huge musicians and poets in Uruguay, but Uruguay is a well-kept secret.

Juan Campodonico

MusiciansSecretAlwaysBeenPoets

As it turns out, what looks like science sometimes is not.

Jose Padilha

ScienceLooksSometimesOutLike

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.

Dean Koontz

PeopleEvilWorldThinkNowMore

I never wanted to show my butt, and I always had a problem with it - I'd cover up when I was younger. It wasn't till I got with my husband that I started to change all that. He compliments me all the time, and when your best friend compliments you, it gives you confidence and makes you want to do stuff in life.

Coco Austin

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