Jared Diamond Quotes

The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves.

Jared Diamond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1937

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Without humility there can be no humanity.

John Buchan

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You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

Matthew Vaughn

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The new Pirates! builds on that legacy delivering an even more powerful and fun experience to players... and is still unmatched in offering a blend of genres in one great game.

Sid Meier

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The 'Downward Spiral' album was a record all about beating everybody up - and then 'Hurt' was like a coda saying maybe I shouldn't have done that. But to make the song sound impenetrable because I thought it was a little too vulnerable, I tried to layer it in noise.

Trent Reznor

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I do like to just have football on, so I will TiVo, like, three or four games for the weekend, and I'll just turn it on when there's no live football on, just to have the background noise.

Christopher Gorham

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Spontaneity has its time and its place.

Arthur Frank Burns

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The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.

Anson Mount

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They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

Wilt Chamberlain

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There are human beings who will be helped in understanding our times through the diaries of Edward Robb Ellis.

Pete Hamill

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I think you start to prepare the minute you read something.

Sean Penn

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I guess there are certain conventions that come with film and with scoring film. So maybe one of those is menace in a lower register. It's trying to evoke some sense of chaos and adventure.

Thomas Newman

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If you qualify for a World Cup and expect to get an easy group, you are in the wrong sport. It doesn't work like that.

Tim Howard

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