Norman Borlaug Quotes

Abnormal stresses and strains tend to accentuate man's animal instincts and provoke irrational and socially disruptive behavior among the less stable individuals in the maddening crowd.

Norman Borlaug

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ManAnimalBehaviorCrowdIrrational

I often felt like that Mr. Magoo figure in the cartoon, who just wanders through traffic, and somehow it never hits him. I kind of feel that way about my whole childhood: Why do I have a normal life?

Jennifer Egan

LifeChildhoodFeelKindWhyWay

In the fourth-grade talent show, my buddies and I dressed up like the California Raisins - they were big then! - and lip-synched.

Matt Czuchry

TalentDressedCaliforniaUpBig

I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.

Amy Chua

LosingWorryNowWillWayTemper

When there is a Brazilian who is lighting things up, he is at Real Madrid before you know it!

Riyad Mahrez

YouKnowRealUpThingsLighting

Guests love to be 'wowed' in Las Vegas. They enjoy and embrace new tastes, new flavors, and they come to expect the unexpected in Las Vegas.

Michael Mina

LoveEnjoyUnexpectedVegasNew

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Moby

GoodTimeMirrorDayWorryLook

For me, it was a choice between band and drama - and I hated the band teacher.

Lucy Deakins

TeacherMeChoiceDramaBandHated

The most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.

Chinua Achebe

LifeMyselfWorldMy LifeSeeing

I think when I was quite younger, I was always quite a tomboy.

Bonnie Wright

ThinkAlwaysTomboyYoungerI Think

I get a guest on the air, and they're weird or strange, and I help them tell their story. I don't laugh at them. I listen.

Art Bell

StoryWeirdLaughHelpStrangeAir

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.

Peter Singer

BetterDoingPowerfulDarkNeed

There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.

Peter Garrett

HealthRiverFarmingWillOverCrop

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