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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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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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.
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Mr. Wiesenthal has been untiring in his service to the Jewish communities in the U.K. and elsewhere by helping to right at least some of the awful wrongs of the Holocaust, ... If there is one name which symbolizes this vital coming to terms with the past, it is Simon Wiesenthal's.
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My mom comes from a really out-there upbringing, so for her, the way she raised me is pretty disciplined. I was home-schooled but more really unschooled, really.
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The way of the miracle-worker is to see all human behavior as one two things: either love, or a call for love.
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When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
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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.
