Frans de Waal Quotes
Chimps don't have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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I don't have any secrets I need kept any more.
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I definitely don't look my age, ... So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.
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A politician is required to listen to humbug, talk humbug, condone humbug. The most we can hope for is that we don't actually believe it.
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Actually, I was gazing in my usual state of being half absent in my own world and half in the present. I have usually been able to 'retire' in this way. I was also thinking that my life was tied up with the instrument and would I do it justice?
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Chimps don't have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation.
