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Hope Jahren Quotes

My life is pretty small. Even as a successful scientist, I'm not a public figure. I like people - I just don't know that many!

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 27, 1969

Topics

Life People Small My Life Know Just

You think about getting old, but when you get there, it's not what you thought it would be.

Think Thought You Getting Old Old

I'll be damned if I'm going to let the white man lick me. There's something out here that I've got to do for my kids, and I'm not going to stop until I've done it.

Man Me White Stop Done Out

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.

John Stuart Mill

Evil Opinion Never False Sure Would

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.

Me Early Shadows Blues Jazz Band

Whatever initiatives we launch, we must always put the interests of Singaporeans and Singapore first.

First Always Whatever Launch Must

Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.

Doing Now Nervous Weekly Column

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

Business Year Lost More Through

Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiographical.

You Everything Something Even Fact

But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow what's going on, but it was also very important to make this step, you may say this leap of faith.

Faith Art Experience Step You Back

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility.

Life Respect Responsibility Book

For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.

Work Advice Said Way Juice Things

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

Together Control Action Feeling Go

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