Frances Beinecke Quotes

Mangroves, salt marshes and sea grass lock away carbon at up to five times the rate of tropical forests.

Frances Beinecke

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A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.

Jill Scott

LiveMeLittleSpicesLikeButter

I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

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One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.

Meg Cabot

LoveGreatChildhoodMeThinkWrite

There are some people who were born with good timing, and I think my comic timing is pretty solid.

John Ross Bowie

GoodPeopleThinkBornTimingSolid

The essay is one of my favourite forms of writing, and I feel like what's inside is really personal, more so than with shorter pieces.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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Even if the technology advances, I don't expect we will be allowed to sail around with 400-meter long container ships weighing 200,000 tonnes without any human beings on board. I don't think it will be a driver of efficiency - not in my time.

Soren Skou

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Most of my cousins are boys, so I'm used to being around boys.

Michelle Ryan

CousinsUsedBeingMostAround

If what distinguishes us from other species is speech, then poetry, which is the supreme linguistic operation, is our anthropological - indeed, genetic - goal.

Joseph Brodsky

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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

Diogenes

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I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

Chris Evans

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'30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion.

Cheyenne Jackson

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My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.

Clarke Peters

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