Frans de Waal Quotes
Chimps cannot tell us anything about peaceful relations, because chimps have only different degrees of hostility between communities. Whereas bonobos do tell us something; they tell us about the possibility of having peaceful relationships.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
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Like every girl, I felt amazing pressure to look like the popular girls, but no one told me the popular girls were all air brushed in magazines.
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The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.
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I'm so biased to this issue of the origins of life and the limits of life.
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Initially we both did a bit of everything towards making each game but as we began to hire people and the business grew we naturally went in different directions, and away from the coalface of development.
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I've been exploring different options for when I'm done skiing. I have the Turtle Ridge Foundation, which is helping a bunch of worthy causes around the Northeast. I've also started SkiSpace, which is an online social network that basically deals with all things based around any snow sport.
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Chimps cannot tell us anything about peaceful relations, because chimps have only different degrees of hostility between communities. Whereas bonobos do tell us something; they tell us about the possibility of having peaceful relationships.
