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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Sex is where you find it. I say take it and enjoy it. Give and receive freely, without fear, without guilt and without contractual obligations.
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...now her compassion had been pierced and set flowing; it felt as though her life's blood were running away.
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I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.
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Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
