The genus Drosophila is one of the great success stories. There's hundreds of species within the genus. They're on every continent except Antarctica, they're in tropical rain forests, they're in deserts, they've evolved many exotic mating behaviors, and they're capable of incredibly long-distance flights.
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Related Beside every great success are the seeds of enormous failure. In every failure, there's the oppo... PETER GUBER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they'... EDDIE REDMAYNE There's only one common element that united every writer I've admired... they're all inc... STEVE TOLTZ It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they... ALAN DERSHOWITZ Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they'... KENNETH BRANAGH In terms of 'Beyond the Lights' and 'Belle,' they're definitely stories about id... GUGU MBATHA-RAW They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with.... LAURA BUSH Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, dete... WADE DAVIS The projects I have done on television, they're sitcoms, situational comedies. The problem is, m... JAIME CAMIL There's a handful of teams that have a revolving door, that are changing coaches every couple of... JEFF FISHER You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a pro... TOBIN BELL People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're ... MATT GROENING Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. ... MARGARET ATWOOD There are stories I'd like to tell, I'd like to see, and they're not getting made. These... RANDA HAINES There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're ble... DAVID GRANN On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience. BETSY BEERS I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that a... JOHN MALKOVICH There's a freshness to the approach of teen chefs. They're lighthearted, and they're not... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable s... DAVID BECKHAM We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing ... DAVID R. ELLIS About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN There's so many people who have never heard of us, but I think what we've learned is you can... TYLER JOSEPH Derivatives in and of themselves are not evil. There's nothing evil about how they're traded... JAMES CHANOS People are just so insensitive because they're ignorant; they don't understand, so they'... NIKKI GLASER It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're no... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I've never met a Mormon I didn't like. They're really nice people. They're so Disney... TREY PARKER I like my hands. They're certainly scarred up, but they're wormy. They're knuckly. They&... HILARIE BURTON There's a band in the U.K. called Elbow. They're not that big in the U.S., but I think they&... JAMIE LAWSON Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are c... MALALA YOUSAFZAI You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out i... MAJEL BARRETT If you're in California, and it's raining, stay home because nobody can drive in the rain. I... 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RICHARD SHERMAN We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We&... DAN HAWKINS Most TV shows are writing the next episode while you're directing the one you're doing, and ... ALEX GRAVES From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're... SADE ADU My friends don't think they're rich, because they know someone who's richer. CRAIG GROESCHEL You've seen how they make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They&... RIDER STRONG Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're a... DR. DRE The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they... ANNA KENDRICK I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about ... HUGH JACKMAN It's easier to date a football player for sure. Football players have one game a week, and they ... KHLOE KARDASHIAN Ambient awareness is the experience of knowing what's going on in the lives of other people - wh... CLIVE THOMPSON I've noticed that when people make vampire movies, they're always determining which of the r... ALEXANDRA CASSAVETES Some people look like they're lost causes, but they're not. Even if they're in a messed ... KEITH STANFIELD The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in... MARILYN MANSON People that I'm most attracted to, they're not living by any sort of rules. They're the ... CAROLYN MURPHY When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there ... KEN KESEY I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they&... DAVID O. RUSSELL 'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they w... CHRIS PINE Our kids are not Jewish, and they're not Catholic. They're not Episcopalian. They're not... RHEA PERLMAN Working with real wolves has been exhilarating. They're so amazing. They're these beautiful,... KELLY OVERTON It's funny how the ruthless, murderous gangster has really been romanticized by the media. I mea... ELENA SATINE My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, h... SAM YAGAN Nick's just from this very Norman Rockwell-ish family. They're very 'American Gothic,... MEGAN MULLALLY After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not j... JA RULE It's kind of hard in politics to forget that you're a Democrat or a Republican and remember ... RALPH HALL They're not poodles, they're art. RACHAEL LEIGH If you're a good Amish girl, you're courting, you have three or four different beaus, and yo... BEVERLY LEWIS A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to;... WALTER KIRN The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing ... JOHN LASSETER You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. Tha... BOB COLACELLO Honestly, I think Lily Collins and Felicity Jones. I think they're very classy, they're eleg... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN There's accountability in the mutual fund industry. And they've been tremendous engines of w... JIM CRAMER Some of my acting heroes have built careers on playing characters who do horrendous things - they... REBECCA HALL Everybody thinks for one moment when they're pregnant that they're actually carrying the spa... TILDA SWINTON I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ... CRAIG GROESCHEL They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it. JIMMY HILL Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic population in the wor... CHRIS MATTHEWS There are too many conservatives who are terrified of being labelled. They're afraid of being la... TOMI LAHREN Psychics prey on the vulnerable of society. They look like they're contacting the other side, bu... KEITH BARRY And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters.... BRIAN DE PALMA But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You kno... KATIE COURIC Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they're within range, you're dead, you... STEVE IRWIN Some people aren't great with babies, or they're not great with a smaller child - it's n... CARA BUONO I have friends of mine that are actors or singers, and they're the classic guys where, they'... JAIME CAMIL I decided to start a medical training program for freelancers, only freelancers. They're the one... SEBASTIAN JUNGER As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're lau... LARRY THE CABLE GUY When are programmers happy? They're happy when they're not underutilized - when they're ... ERIC S. RAYMOND They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vin... WANDA JACKSON Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing th... CARRIE FISHER They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em. ALEX WINTER Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opp... JANE HADDAM And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what the... PIA ZADORA French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy... VINCENT CASSEL I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ... BILL GATES
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But Microscopes are prudent
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JOHN DICKINSON There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetr... EMILY DICKINSON He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor t... EMILY DICKINSON If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease on Life the Achin... EMILY DICKINSON His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
Of clovers and of ... EMILY DICKINSON Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. JOHN DICKINSON Inebriate of air am I,
And debauchee of dew,
Reeling, through endless summer days,
From ... EMILY DICKINSON God preaches, a noted clergyman,
And the sermon is never long;
So instead of getting to heaven... EMILY DICKINSON And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
... EMILY DICKINSON Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of pe... EMILY DICKINSON "Hope" is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tunes without the word... EMILY DICKINSON There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of C... EMILY DICKINSON If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk. EMILY DICKINSON The mountain at a given distance
In amber lies;
Approached, the amber flits a little,--
... EMILY DICKINSON The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
... EMILY DICKINSON Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode, until we drive... EMILY DICKINSON Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
'Ti... EMILY DICKINSON The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocrac... EMILY DICKINSON Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
So clear... EMILY DICKINSON Success is counted sweetest
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I've heard the hunter tell;
'Tis but the ecstasy of death,
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He never had but one;
Belshazzar's correspondence
Concluded a... EMILY DICKINSON It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. EMILY DICKINSON Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey. JANICE DICKINSON If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll. BRUCE DICKINSON I'll be arriving at the last possible minute and walking on stage raging and pillaging and then disa... BRUCE DICKINSON I only ever had one pair of Spandex trousers! BRUCE DICKINSON That gives me tremendous encouragement and optimism for the human race in general, that people choos... BRUCE DICKINSON I was asked to sign a bunny, a real one! I am not an aficionado of bunnies. BRUCE DICKINSON I'm not going to do any more solo touring. BRUCE DICKINSON I don't even think that you can call Iron Maiden 100% real metal. Iron Maiden is beyond that and alw... BRUCE DICKINSON I guess that the salary that they get when they are working with me is, like, it beats working at Mc... BRUCE DICKINSON Well, if it's the audience is a bit lagging we kick them in the nuts until they wake up! BRUCE DICKINSON We could tell there were a lot of disgusted fans who had paid good money to see us. BRUCE DICKINSON I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at i... EMILY DICKINSON Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be ... BRUCE DICKINSON I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers. BRUCE DICKINSON Carnival took the myth out of cruising. We took what some considered elitist and made it an everyman... BOB DICKINSON There are a few things you never do ? you don't serve red wine with a soft cheese ? but I've drunk r... BOB DICKINSON Within a minute's time, the fire doors in that area of the ship totally isolated that part of the ve... BOB DICKINSON That's our theory. We've asked the Coast Guard to verify it, BOB DICKINSON We normally sell those rooms for a lot of money. It was frustrating that no one wanted to come. BOB DICKINSON Vacationers today want choice, BOB DICKINSON Those who want to leave will be assisted with hotel and air arrangements, BOB DICKINSON We sincerely apologize to those guests whose vacations have been impacted by these voyage cancellati... BOB DICKINSON This inconvenience to our guests will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individual... BOB DICKINSON I think the future of cruising is outstanding. Today, cruising captures only 2% of the vacation mark... BOB DICKINSON Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle th... BRUCE DICKINSON With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable. BRUCE DICKINSON There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons-- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tun... EMILY DICKINSON If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
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