Richard Preston Quotes

Redwoods have an enormous surface area that extends upward into space because they have a propensity to do something called reiteration. A redwood is a fractal. And as they put out limbs, the limbs burst into small trees, copies of the redwood.

Richard Preston

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SpaceSmallTreesOutSomething

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

Joel Coen

ThinkMysteryMoviesRealJustLess

I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy.

Jennifer Connelly

LifeStay FocusedMy LifeHollywood

I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.

Andre Leon Talley

LovePeopleFashionI Love

I believe in less government interference in people's personal lives, including whom to marry, when and whether to bear a child and how to raise kind and compassionate children.

Ann McLane Kuster

ChildrenGovernmentChildPeople

I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.

Roy Harper

ReligionThinkStandLongWrite

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Josh Billings

BestFoolWrongWayHimOwn

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Jorge Luis Borges

WritingDreamNothingMoreThan

I change my beauty routine every six months, but I make sure to use products that are light and gentle.

Chiara Ferragni

ChangeBeautyLightRoutineGentle

I didn't really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

Brenda Lee

TalentSingJustAbleAgendaWanted

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.

Anthony Trollope

ArtTestAlwaysMaySureWriter

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don't understand that, and I think it's rude. You're at Grandma's house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

Anthony Bourdain

PeopleProudThinkYouHouseGo

Because I'm training so much, I always have a lot of energy. Once I've finished training, I come home and have some down time, and then I realise it's 12:30 A.M. and I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. That can get annoying.

Anthony Joshua

HomeTimeTrainingEnergyDownBed

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