Ernst Mayr Quotes
In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts.
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The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.
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Put it back in the horse!
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I think it [presidency of Dwight Eisenhower] came too late and I think that he is not on the wavelength of this dreadful time through which we're living.
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Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace' One grand boulevard with trees with one grand cafe in sun with strong black coffee in very small cups. One not necessarily very beautiful man or woman who loves you. One fine day.
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This filthy twentieth century. I hate its guts.
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One might regard architecture as history arrested in stone.
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Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.
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One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter evenings.
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If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.
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People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
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Putting affects the nerves more than anything. I would actually get nauseated over three-footers.
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Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
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When the need is strong, there are those who will believe anything.
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The universe has become not only conscious and aware of itself but capable in some respects of choosing its path into the future--though all three, the consciousness, the knowledge, and the choice, are dispersed over a vast crowd of beings, acting both individually and collectively.
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I am intrigued by different religions and respect them all, but to be honest, I feel the most spiritual when I am doing yoga or looking at an ocean. Being spiritual is feeling a connection with a higher power and knowing that life is about more than just achieving goals. It is about feeling good in the moment.
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Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status.
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The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.
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To succeed as a contrarian you must recognize what the crowd believes, have concrete justification for why the majority is wrong, and have the patience and conviction to stick with what is, by definition, an unpopular bet.
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I've never really had anybody close to me die. I think the song is about a feeling that I have that, it still applies. It's a feeling of longing, once again.
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In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts.
