Richard Preston Quotes

Redwood rainforest has five to 10 times the biomass - that's the sheer weight of living material - of, say, deep tropical rainforest in the Amazon basin.

Richard Preston

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DeepSayLivingTropicalRedwood

There are a lot of young people out there who need to start using their idle time in a positive way. Parents need to play an important role in making sure their children succeed in school.

Jesse White

PositiveChildrenTimeSchoolPeople

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

John D. Rockefeller

FinanceMeYouKnowPleasureSee

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

Robert Harris

HeartStoryI CanMattersWrite

In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

TruthJusticeGovernmentBackNever

I have to have another child. I have to bring someone into this world that will be here for Dashiell.

Sophie B. Hawkins

ChildWorldSomeoneWillBringHere

I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.

Roger Spottiswoode

EthicsMeThinkEngineeringMorals

I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.

Michael Phelps

GoalsDayThinkWantTakeJust

We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural.

Michael Koryta

FeelUnderstandRandomnessStill

Away from the pitch, I'm a very calm person. I maybe have the odd cross word with my wife, like any relationship, but that's it.

Luis Suarez

RelationshipWifeCalmPersonAway

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

Dennis Haysbert

TeacherActorCriticEitherWere

I think because we could do it biologically and have our own child we decided to try this.

Cheryl Tiegs

ChildThinkTryOwnBecauseI Think

When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.

Boy George

TimeCultureHouseLondonClubOut

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