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Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think we set out to make it the most intense 'Fosters' finale ever, but I kind of think that's what we ended up with.
- Females
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- Nov 07, 2020
To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life.
- Behavior
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.
- Development
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- Nov 07, 2020
As conflicts last longer, as the scale of needs increase, we are having to adapt. There is an increasing blurring between immediate humanitarian assistance and long-term development needs.
- Humanitarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
If private-sector capital can be harnessed for social good, the potential to scale humanitarian solutions is vast.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Attacks on health facilities, health workers, ambulances, is now a reality that we observe on the ground - not on a monthly but on a daily or weekly scale in most of the conflicts in which we are engaged.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more people you meet, and the more people you have influence over your business can scale quicker.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it came to 'Concussion,' I found myself with so many threads to weave. So integral to the whistle-blower's tale were spirituality, the cost of hero-worshipping, what it means to be an American, and just how dangerous the truth can be.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a freedom that's incredibly valuable. Obviously my freedom is far smaller in scale than people like Zemeckis and Spielberg have here. But it's comparable. I can dream up a project, develop it, make it, control it, release it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something happened to me when I wrote female characters in my early plays; it was a real liberation.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
The female body is awesome.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was not very well-behaved. I remember I was a discipline problem. I was a typical American male at twenty years old, and I was causing trouble whenever I could.
- Historical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.
- Admire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020