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Quote by William Petersen

“I get a lot of stuff from Germany - stuffed bugs and tarantulas.”

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William Petersen, born on February 21, 1953, is an accomplished American actor. He is best known for his role as Jim Bruckner in the television series 'CSI: NY', and has made significant contributions to film and television. more

“We see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live from hunting, fishing, or merely gleaning. By their economic activities they do not increase, but rather decrease, the amount of wealth in the world. The second kind of societies, producing societies, live by agricultural and pastoral activities. By these activities they seek to increase the amount of wealth in the world.”

World Kind Two Different Wealth Economic Amount Activity Increase Former Fishing Live By Hunting Different Kinds Decrease Gleaning

Book:The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis

Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis

“everything is too important ever to be entrusted to professional experts, because every organization of such professionals and every established social organization becomes a vested-interest institution more concerned with its efforts to maintain itself or advance its own interests than to achieve the purpose that society expects it to achieve.”

Important Purpose Social Interest Effort Society Achieve Concerned Organization Institutions Experts Vested Interests Social Organization

Book:The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis

Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis

“all skinny guys with beards are jerks”

Guy Skinny Beard Jerk

Author:Randy Quaid

“Every now and then I'll do little things, a short story or something, that doesn't have any fantastical elements, but mostly I like the power of playing God and I like to imagine things.”

Littles Stories Imagine Elements Little Things Short Story Now And Then Playing God

Author:Neil Gaiman

“I can't imagine that my children would have fewer rights, and less access to the safest, best health care.”

Children I Can Care Rights Imagine Access Health Care My Children Fewer Imagine That

Author:Cecile Richards

“Perhaps there would be more anxiety in my work if I lived in New York.”

Ifs Would Be New York Anxiety

Author:Edward Ruscha

“Most artists are doing basically the same thing - staying off the streets.”

Artist Streets Survival Staying

Book:Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages

Source: Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages

“When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase.”

Painting Flower Boss Utterance Vases

Author:Edward Ruscha

“The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters.”

Should Used Numbers Influence Keys Messages Evidence Increase Communicate Dramatic Voters Telephones Email Collecting Blogging

Author:Adam Rickitt

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