Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
I did not mean to suggest that autism could be traced to Neanderthal genes. The point is that some genes that have been implicated in autism changed pretty significantly between the time Neanderthal line and human line split.
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
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As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.
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I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
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Our lives and our culture have been significantly changed and improved by hardware, software, and services developed by immigrants.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.
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The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.
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I remember when I met my wife and that she could just grab my hand and I would just ease. I don't know how to say that but it was one of the coolest things. It was strange, but it definitely changed my life.
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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
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One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
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I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet.
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Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
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Fashion has changed, and it's continuing to change because, fundamentally, people get bored quicker.
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A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.
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I don't really talk about my personal life and I don't really talk about my relationships. I'm not a big partier. I like the simplicity of my life, and I've chosen the kind of life I really want to live. I don't think my life is boring at all.
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I don't like actors, I like women.
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I did not mean to suggest that autism could be traced to Neanderthal genes. The point is that some genes that have been implicated in autism changed pretty significantly between the time Neanderthal line and human line split.
