E. O. Wilson Quotes
Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd put those royalties into other artists. And interestingly, streaming is most of the income for those artists.
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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It's funny how you can be thought of as somebody who humanizes bad guys, and I'll take that, but it is something that gave me pause, and I started speaking to my team about finding a good guy.
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If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let's take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops from the sky.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.
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You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest resolution is generally irresistible.
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Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.
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I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.
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What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.
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Virtue is insufficient temptation.
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Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
