Ernst Mayr Quotes
Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.
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We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future.
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In Hollywood, there's a network of creative executives, and when they hear something is good, it catches fire.
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'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.
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I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.
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Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over chaos, a victory of order and clarity over the confused battle of existence.
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The whites have always had the say in America. White people made Jesus white, angels white, the Last Supper white. If I threaten you, I'm blackmailing you. A black cat is bad luck. If you're put out of a club, you're blackballed. Angel's-food cake is white; devil's-food cake is black. Good guys in cowboy movies wear white hats. The bad guys always wore black hats.
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Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
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Love and hatred are not blind, but are blinded by the fire they bear within themselves.
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Never trust people who promise to make you rich in a day. They are generally crazy swindlers...
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My science teachers always encouraged their classes to 'go out and discover something' because all scientific endeavors depend on observation and experimentation. Through such pursuits, anyone can find something new to science, and if it's truly novel, the entire edifice of science might have to be restructured.
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What is fruitful alone is true.
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I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.
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Everything will be all right. I know this room. Soldiers used to be quartered here. Now it's our turn.
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The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.
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In the theory of evolution there is no talk of God and no Bibles are used. They're not looking for higher powers, extraterrestrials, or anything else that could be found in the science fiction section, because they are not dealing with fiction.
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Nature, left to itself, defeats nature.
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Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.
