Jared Diamond Quotes

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.

Jared Diamond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryGrowConsequencesFarmers

I don't rely on feng shui. I believe hard work brings us good luck and success.

John Gokongwei

WorkHard WorkSuccessGoodLuckUs

It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.

John Crowe Ransom

LifeFreeHarmonyMiracleThings

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

Maya Angelou

WorkSuccessGoodMorningFreedom

I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M.

Anita Shreve

WritingStartNeverWriteSingle

I am someone who doesn't say no to opportunities and, thus, would be happy to do something interesting on television.

Amruta Khanvilkar

I AmHappyBe HappyOpportunities

When I'm on set, I don't really think about what an audience is going to think about a scene. I'm just thinking about how I can make it best. And how I can enjoy myself most.

Tom Holland

MyselfBestThinkThinkingEnjoy

People still make me nervous, but gradually over the years I've developed kind of like a public personality, so I can talk. I have my spiel, I have my stories.

Robert Crumb

PersonalityPeopleMeI CanKind

I've often felt like an outsider, not necessarily because I'm Korean, an immigrant, or female. I think writers are odd people.

Min Jin Lee

PeopleThinkImmigrantOutsiderOdd

I'm interested in extrovert characters, people who are doing something. But I used to only be able to photograph people I was interested in or attracted to, either psychologically or physically. That all changed when I did the 'Go Sees.'

Juergen Teller

PeopleDoingGoPhotographSomething

I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.

Diego Luna

HistoryThinkLessonCinemaEmotions

To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true.

David Wells

HistoryGrowing UpGamePerfectTrue

Our social mores no longer conform to a world where nice girls wear skirts that don't cling.

Christina Binkley

WorldNiceWearSocialWhereSkirts

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