Jane Goodall Quotes

I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There's so much mystery. There's so much awe.

Jane Goodall

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LifeBusinessFaithTruthScience

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

John Hodgman

PeopleAnythingSpeakingWouldLike

But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain.

Jeff Miller

TimeCommitmentI AmCompromiseVote

I was well read and knew languages, but I didn't want to become Ezra Pound. I wanted to write poetry that people like my parents might respond to.

Tony Harrison

PoetryParentsPeopleWantBecome

With honest discussion, free speech, let people's voices be heard.

Ron Johnson

PeopleFreeSpeechDiscussionHonest

Yes, I wrote songs. I was becoming kind of an Enrique Iglesias kind of a singer, with those ballads and cheesy romantic things.

Juan Diego Florez

RomanticKindYesSingerThings

You can't rush an art form.

Chet Faker

ArtYouRushFormArt Form

Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country.

Aravind Adiga

LifePeopleMeWritingSmallOff

I have been to Guantanamo. It's a model prison. Is it ideal? No. But we live in a very un-ideal world.

Peter T. King

LiveWorldPrisonBeenIdealModel

There will be days when you feel defeated, exhausted, and plain old beat-up by life's whiplash. People you love will disappoint you - and you will disappoint them. You'll probably struggle with some kind of mortal appetite. Some days it will feel as though the veil between Heaven and Earth is made of reinforced concrete.

Sheri L. Dew

LifeLoveStrugglePeopleFeelYou

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.

Shaquille O'Neal

YouSituationNervousGamesPlaying

I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

Serena Williams

TimePersonOverPayMayWell

I've always been aware that to be named after someone from the past carries with it all kinds of bittersweetness.

Morris Gleitzman

PastSomeoneAlwaysAwareBeen

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