E. O. Wilson Quotes
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.

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I like to prove people wrong.
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But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.
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Five wives can't all be wrong.
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I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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I love proving people wrong.
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Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
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Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.
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The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes.
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God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
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The Indian Bureau system is wrong. The only way to adjust wrong is to abolish it, and the only reform is to let my people go. After freeing the Indian from the shackles of government supervision, what is the Indian going to do: leave that with the Indian, and it is none of your business.
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Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.
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I had too much Nyquil and Vivarin again. Lost my stomach all over the place.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.