“John Laroche: You know why I like plants? Susan Orlean: Nuh uh. John Laroche: Because they're so mutable. Adaptation is a profound… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I have spent a lot of time arguing that the theory of group selection is not the stupid, pernicious doctrine that many… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
In any adaptation, the challenge is to take the essence of the original source of the material, be faithful to it to… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
But complex animals had obtained their adaptive flexibility at some cost--they had traded one dependency for another. It was no longer necessary… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Every living thing is an elaboration of a single original plan. As humans we are mere increments - each of us a… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
As natural selection acts by competition, it adapts the inhabitants of each country only in relation to the degree of perfection of… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Personally I don't think there's any real intrinsic difference between comic books, movies, theatre, novels. I know there's sure to be some… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
The laws of Coexistence;-the adaptation of structure to function; and to a certain extent the elucidation of natural affinities may be legitimately… — Richard Owen Copy Share Image
The Yoga of the Dream State has always held to be one of the fastest, most efficient ways of reaching a plateau… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“Depressed people become unable to remember happy times, or times when they even had a normal mood. The very concept of a… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
What happens in the studio is technically the same thing that happens on the stage. In the past I had to make… — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
Conservatives are inclined to use the powers of government to prevent change or to limit its rate to whatever appeals to the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
I actually enjoy working with green screen, because I can imagine all that stuff happening, and I really cut my teeth on… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I've made movies that were adaptations and I've been kind of frustrated by the process because, you know that old axiom, 'It's… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather… — George C. Williams Copy Share Image
“When you talk with people, one of the arguments they'll throw back at you is that the climate has always changed, and… — Michael Crimmins Copy Share Image
If we turn to the differences separating Communist, Fascist, and National Socialist regimes, we find that they can be accounted for by… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
As China is about adaptation, not transformation, it is unlikely to change the world dramatically should it ever assume the global driver's… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC... I was also going to do… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We are equal human beings, and we were born with evil and anger and misunderstanding of what a man is, and so… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
Amid ancient lore the Word of God stands unique and pre-eminent. Wonderful in its construction, admirable in its adaptation, it contains truths… — Frances Harper Copy Share Image
Shane Salerno and I adapted my book Savages together, and I learned a lot about adaptation. I think it's an extremely difficult… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
When I decided to make my version of Poe's stories, I wanted to respect the original material or to at least get… — Raul Garcia Copy Share Image
As Americans, we have traditionally been the optimists sporting the 'can-do' attitude. But when it comes to addressing climate adaptation and resiliency,… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
I've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem fitting into plane toilets… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
![“John Laroche: You know why I like plants? Susan Orlean: Nuh uh. John Laroche: Because they're so mutable. Adaptation is a profound process. Means you figure out how to thrive in the world. Susan Orlean: [pause] Yeah but it's easier for plants. I mean they have no memory. They just move on to…” quote by Charlie Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/charlie-kaufman-2409_adaptation_john-laroche-you-know-why-i-like-plants_2377577.jpg)
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