Charles C. Mann Quotes

So many wells have been dug in Changzhou that its groundwater has been over-exploited, and the local ground level has sunk by two feet. The city has officially banned new wells and mandated the installation of pollution controls, but China's endemic corruption ensures that neither measure has much meaning.

Charles C. Mann

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You buy any book on color theory today, and it's just complete poppycock. Everybody comes out of school painting pink, purple and green. The whole damn cartoon industry has pink purple and green on their mind.

John Kricfalusi

TodaySchoolMindPaintingGreen

I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy.

Maurice Sendak

SmallRememberWantBoyMeanSee

If you read the poets of the 19th century in Latin America, you would see that Havana or Mexico City or Buenos Aires are incredibly modern and global cities that they were not. And eventually they became real, and they became real because people read these books and tried to live in a better world.

Alvaro Enrigue

LivePeopleCityWorldBetterYou

In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.

Stella Young

PathBornLuckyBeenPredictable

For me, the fans missing me and wanting to see me on TV is very important, but the business end of it also has to be right.

Rob Van Dam

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Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.

Rob Lowe

GreatEqualityAmazingWould

I want winners. I want people who want to win.

Mike Singletary

PeopleWinWantWinnersWho

I got a call this morning, and it was from Nancy Kerrigan, wishing me luck. She wished me luck and sent me all her good wishes.

Michelle Kwan

GoodMorningMeLuckWishesShe

Normally, if I've got an audition, I'm punctual, I've learnt my lines, and I'll go looking smart.

Bradley Walsh

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The worst thing I've done while sad is sit in defeat. That's very unhealthy. The best thing to do is dust yourself off and try again.

Winnie Harlow

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In Greek myth, a chimera is a creepy combination of lion, goat, dragon - in humans, chimeras are one person who contains two sets of DNA. That's right. One person comes up in tests as two different people.

Susannah Cahalan

LionPeoplePersonDNARightDragon

I love it when you have a lull in the day and you turn on the TV and a random movie is on that you either have never seen or haven't seen in years. Like 'Coming to America' or 'Misery' or 'Moonstruck.'

Morena Baccarin

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