Hendrik Poinar Quotes

There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a theme park?

Hendrik Poinar

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GoodBackWhyReasonThemePark

My aunt Geraldine was the unofficial historian and storyteller. She had all the information about family members and the gossip that came out of the church because we were very much part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. At family gatherings, the older folk had the floor, had pride of place, and it was their stories I remember.

John Edgar Wideman

FamilyPrideChurchRememberGossip

My parents have always told me to work hard. My father was a friend, a very good friend, but when he needed to be a father, he was.

Jeev Milkha Singh

WorkGoodFriendFatherParentsMe

Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.

John Sununu

GreatJobPeopleThinkNameYou

I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.

Shirley MacLaine

MeKnowWhyAweWouldAnybody

It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is lacking in the essential quality that makes literature for children so extraordinary a form: imagination.

Rumaan Alam

ChildrenQualityImaginationColor

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint.

Monica Crowley

DawnArgumentPersonSideOwnEven

I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights.

Joseph Force Crater

TravelBookAviationOpenUsed

Vampires are a genre now.

Joseph Morgan

NowGenreVampires

Chelsea's fans love me a lot, even more than in Atletico. Figure that!

Diego Costa

LoveMeLove MeMoreFansEven

The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial.

Donella Meadows

JobEnoughPersonSidesJurySide

Believe in yourself, go after your dreams, and don't let anyone put you in a box.

Daya

DreamsBelieve In YourselfYour Dreams

Action to me is something very fun to shoot.

Christopher McQuarrie

FunMeActionShootSomethingVery

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