E. O. Wilson Quotes
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
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Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
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I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.
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No one seems to wash in Middle-earth.
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In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.
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Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.
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Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
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There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth. Small mountain ranges and open prairie, and different weather, different light, all within a 360-degree view.
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The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
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I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?
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Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
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Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.
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It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.
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Let me mention that not all sun-like stars host planets – perhaps about 30% of them are planet – builders. It's not so easy to form a planet!
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When I talk to my mom and dad, and I'm in Paris, I'm like, 'Can you believe it?' It's ridiculous. I have a serious love for what we do. It's not something we take for granted.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
