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For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria Picture Quote #1

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions Picture Quote #1

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink Picture Quote #1

O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long If life did ride upon a dial's point, still ending at the arrival of an hour Picture Quote #1

So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social, to moral issues of our time that were very personal. I have continued that relationship up until the present Picture Quote #1

A twenty one year old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew Picture Quote #1

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And that same dew, which some time on the buds was won't to swell like round and orient pearls, stood now within the pretty floweret's eyes, like tears that did their own disgrace bewail Picture Quote #1

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it Picture Quote #1

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions Picture Quote #1

In the old days. It was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes Picture Quote #1

Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly that thou, iago, who hast had my purse as if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this Picture Quote #1

Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore Picture Quote #1

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I sure saw a lot of kids that I'm sure didn't know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, we'd talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So I'm sure we made a lot of new fans Picture Quote #1

But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos Picture Quote #1

During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground Picture Quote #1

My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching Picture Quote #1

I'm not sure about the selling part, but I've always found that the things I've worn on tour have moved over to what people wear every day. Sometimes the things I wore in the beginning before I had money were things I put together Picture Quote #1

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change Picture Quote #1

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If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind Picture Quote #1

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release Picture Quote #1

If any one were to ask me what in my opinion was the dullest and most stupid spot on the face of the Earth, I should decidedly say Chelmsford Picture Quote #1

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated Picture Quote #1

The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer's shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window Picture Quote #1

I want to know what it says, he answered, looking steadily in her face. The sea Floy, what is it that it keeps on saying? Picture Quote #1

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I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic Picture Quote #1

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power Picture Quote #1

You can lose a game but, I see guys every week including myself, you lose a game, it's a tough loss, you're down, two weeks later you forgot about it. You know it's amazing how down you were, but all of the sudden you're like it never happened Picture Quote #1

It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud which shone with a lurid light, like monstrous heaps of copper that had been heated in a furnace, and were growing cold Picture Quote #1

The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas Picture Quote #1

I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part Picture Quote #1

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For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria (Were Quotes) Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions (Were Quotes) If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink (Were Quotes) O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long If life did ride upon a dial's point, still ending at the arrival of an hour (Were Quotes) So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social, to moral issues of our time that were very personal. I have continued that relationship up until the present (Were Quotes) A twenty one year old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew (Were Quotes) And that same dew, which some time on the buds was won't to swell like round and orient pearls, stood now within the pretty floweret's eyes, like tears that did their own disgrace bewail (Were Quotes) The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it (Were Quotes) I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions (Were Quotes) In the old days. It was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes (Were Quotes) Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly that thou, iago, who hast had my purse as if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this (Were Quotes) Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore (Were Quotes) I sure saw a lot of kids that I'm sure didn't know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, we'd talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So I'm sure we made a lot of new fans (Were Quotes) But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos (Were Quotes) During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground (Were Quotes) My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching (Were Quotes) I'm not sure about the selling part, but I've always found that the things I've worn on tour have moved over to what people wear every day. Sometimes the things I wore in the beginning before I had money were things I put together (Were Quotes) The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change (Were Quotes) If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind (Were Quotes) As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release (Were Quotes) If any one were to ask me what in my opinion was the dullest and most stupid spot on the face of the Earth, I should decidedly say Chelmsford (Were Quotes) After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated (Were Quotes) The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer's shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window (Were Quotes) I want to know what it says, he answered, looking steadily in her face. The sea Floy, what is it that it keeps on saying? (Were Quotes) I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic (Were Quotes) Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power (Were Quotes) You can lose a game but, I see guys every week including myself, you lose a game, it's a tough loss, you're down, two weeks later you forgot about it. You know it's amazing how down you were, but all of the sudden you're like it never happened (Were Quotes) It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud which shone with a lurid light, like monstrous heaps of copper that had been heated in a furnace, and were growing cold (Were Quotes) The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas (Were Quotes) I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part (Were Quotes)

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