Richard Preston Quotes

If ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, then children are somewhat closer to our roots as primates in the arboreal forest. Humans appear to be the only primates that I know of that are afraid of heights. All other primates, when they're scared, they run up a tree, where they feel safe.

Richard Preston

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ChildrenTreeRootsFeelForestRun

What will it profit this country if we... put our man on the Moon by 1970 and at the same time you can't walk down Woodward Avenue in this city without fear of some violence?

Jerome Cavanagh

FearTimeWalkManCityMoon

Who would you rather be with: someone with more alternatives or someone with fewer?

Andy Dunn

SomeoneYouMoreWouldWhoRather

'Porgy and Bess' has never been thought of as a dance show, and yet it's filled with dance. It uses dance to punctuate the action, or as background, or as atmosphere; even when it's front and center, it isn't crucial.

Robert Gottlieb

DanceActionThoughtNeverCenter

I'm always ready to negotiate in good faith with others.

Jeb Hensarling

GoodFaithReadyOthersAlways

I'm a very real person that has overcome a lot, so I think I'm relatable.

Alyssa Edwards

ThinkPersonOvercomeRealI Think

The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well as from the Rabbinical Judge of our town. But they were preceded by three tutors under whom I studied, one after the other, from the time I was three and a half till I turned eight and a half.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

FatherTimeMeJudgeThreeWell

It's hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

YearHardSupreme CourtBigCourt

There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany on the move and all of those things. There was a tension in the air.

Matt Bomer

GreatDepressionWarGreat Depression

Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn't do anything - it was given to you.

Monica Bellucci

GoodBeautyGood HealthBeautiful

I was a latecomer to romance, although I did read gothics. My father used to work for the 'Fort Worth Star-Telegram,' and their book reviewer, author Leonard Sanders, would pass on the gothics for my dad to give to me since Leonard didn't review gothics. I gobbled up books by Mary Stewart, Madeleine Brent, Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney.

Lori Wilde

WorkFatherMeBookWorthRomance

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

Joseph Roux

PoetryExpressionExquisite

There are millions and millions of patriotic Muslim Americans.

Wolf Blitzer

PatrioticMuslimMillions

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