Elliott Sober Quotes
Philosophers of biology generally recognize that evolutionary fitness (roughly, an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment) is multiply realizable.
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I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
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The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.
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At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
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I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.
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I hope to stay light on my feet, to work in many modes, to seek inspiration always, and avoid the fatal. But, as we all know, it is the price of life to burn out, both metaphorically and literally.
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Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.
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You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion.
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Since I'm constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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People may soon lose interest in me. I want to make sure I've done everything I can for my family when that time comes.
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I collect things that just look retarded.
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All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.
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It's so clear cut with a comedian - you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don't. And so you either love us or you simply cannot see why people are laughing.
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Nature is a brilliant engineer and builder. It knows how to create seashells that are twice as strong as the most resistant ceramics human beings can manufacture, and it produces silk fibers five times stronger than steel. Nature also knows how to create multipurpose forms.
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I struggle quite a lot in rehearsals, partly because I'm shy, partly because I still don't really understand the work that actors and directors do. I love the magic at the end, but the getting there - the wrong turns that are necessary to make something work - I find slightly beguiling and worrying.
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Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.
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Flexibility is crucial to my fitness. Incorporating a good warm-up and cool-down into every session decreases my chances of injury. I use both dynamic and static stretching in my training. I've starting doing a few yoga sessions which incorporates muscle strength and flexibility.
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My church has a health and fitness ministry to encourage our members to take care of spiritually and physically; how could I not?
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When I'm playing an American, I don't play Lennie with an American accent. They're American characters who look like me, but they have different voices.
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But darling, I wish you well On your way to the wishing well
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I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.
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Philosophers of biology generally recognize that evolutionary fitness (roughly, an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment) is multiply realizable.
