Elliott Sober Quotes
Trait X is fitter than trait Y in a population of organisms if those organisms have other biological traits T and live in an environment that has properties E. The theory of natural selection is filled with statements of this form.
Quotes to Explore
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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I'm kind of a control freak. I like to be really prepared.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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Listen, I'm a sweet guy. I'm just intense at work. I have nothing but the end result in mind. My entire career has been like that.
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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The camera and I have always had good chemistry.
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Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies - where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement.
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One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.
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If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks.
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Music was always a huge part of me, but I always did it on the side. I didn't even take any music classes in high school... it was more of an extracurricular thing.
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I mostly write on my own, walking, outside.
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You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.
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It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.
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In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.
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We tend to intensely scout an area and then use our imaginations to make the best use of the geography.
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Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it.
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Naturally, I mine my girlfriends' lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.
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Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds.
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When you're working on a television series, you only get a very short off-season. The scheduling of TV is relentless.
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Each one chooses his or her path to come in contact with the external world. I chose to merge with the environment.
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Trait X is fitter than trait Y in a population of organisms if those organisms have other biological traits T and live in an environment that has properties E. The theory of natural selection is filled with statements of this form.
