"In our quest to define and describe the……" — Alan Huffman
"In our quest to define and describe the world, we have crisscrossed the oceans and continents, compiling exhaustive knowledge about its life forms and features, and extended our physical reach through technology, which provides us instantaneous and pervasive access to information about seemingly everything."
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19 Quotes by Alan Huffman
Alan Huffman has 19 quotes on this site.
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Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to…
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Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a…
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Without effective human intervention, epidemics and pandemics typically end only when the virus or bacteria has infected every available host…
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Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than…
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When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in…
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Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the entire mass of North and South America, including the bottom tip, the…
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Right up until the late 18th century, when the first weighted lines were used to probe the ocean depths, many…
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Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for…
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Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets…
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Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.
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Aside from its parks and nature areas, Singapore is intensively developed, and due to the shortage of land, is building…
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The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in…
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More Access Quotes
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One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access…
— Michelle Bachelet
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Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home,…
— Rod Blagojevich
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one…
— Bono
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I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're…
— David Bowie
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We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be…
— Richard Branson
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Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
— Laura Bush
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Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams,…
— Nicolas Cage
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I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this…
— Nicolas Cage
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Trying to block women from getting access to contraception or defunding Planned Parenthood is completely nonsensical from a policy standpoint.
— Richard Carmona
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Magazine stories, the best ones anyway, are generally a combination of three elements: access, narrative, and disclosure.
— Graydon Carter
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Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims…
— Anna Maria Chavez
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You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all…
— Deepak Chopra
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