Jane Goodall Quotes

I didn't want to become a professor or get tenure or teach or anything. All I wanted to do was get a degree because Louis Leakey said I needed one, which was right, and once I succeeded I could get back to the field.

Jane Goodall

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BackSaidWantTeachBecomeRight

I love Indian food - it's my favourite cuisine. I love the mixture of spices and the subtle flavours. It's really erotic; the spices are so sensuous.

Joe Perry

LoveFoodSpicesSubtleCuisine

When you look at what you get in a cable subscription, it is a spectacular value. For $70 or $80 a month is what it would cost a family of four to go to the movies one time.

John Skipper

FamilyTimeValueYouLookMovies

As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.

Amy Adams

YourselfPeopleMeYouWillAlways

My parents are a wonderful mixture of bohemian eccentric, but also incredibly practical and not airy-fairy.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

ParentsWonderfulBohemianPractical

For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

EyesMyselfI AmSmallMy OwnOwn

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring.

Mary Wortley Montagu

PassionTimeMindFaceBecomeMore

A lot of people saved IBM. Yes, I was the leader of that team, but I could never have done it without a group of IBMers helping me.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

LeaderPeopleMeTeamDoneGroup

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn't mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else's bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

Joyce Meyer

AttitudeDecisionDecisionsSomeone

If you're feeling a little down, you're never fully dressed without a strong heel. But only if you're depressed - if you need a pick-me-up.

Jonathan Van Ness

StrongYouFeelingDownDressed

Creating a poem is a continual process of re-creating your ignorance, in the sense of not knowing what's coming next.

Derek Walcott

IgnoranceProcessNot KnowingKnowing

All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life.

Count Basie

LifeBusinessTravelMy LifeDoing

I think comedy and satire are the strongest ways to deal with very serious themes and very painful themes.

Colman Domingo

ThinkComedySeriousSatirePainful

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