Hendrik Poinar Quotes

I'm not sure the Russians would be happy that their iconic wooly mammoth has North American origins.

Hendrik Poinar

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The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

Mencius

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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Ambrose Bierce

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What does it mean to be an oncologist? It means that you get to sit in at a moment of another person's life that is so hyper-acute, and not just because they're medically ill. It's also a moment of hope and expectation and concern.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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I believe if you're not completely in love with what you're doing, you'd better find another profession.

Simon Rattle

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The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board, and the family emphasis was on getting to university.

Roger Taylor

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We now see hacking taking place by foreign governments and by private individuals all around the world.

Mike Pompeo

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When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it.

Josh Radnor

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If there is something I like, I buy it and then find somewhere for it. I buy first then I think.

Christian Louboutin

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The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive.

Colin Greenwood

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I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round.

Anna Torv

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Anytime I see an unusual combination of colors or patterns or texture, I buy it.

Peter Marino

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I can walk about London and see a society that seems an absolutely revolutionary change from the 1950s, that seems completely and utterly different, and then I can pick up on something where you suddenly see that it's not.

Penelope Lively

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