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We need to separate the process of evolution - which is, indeed, a self-serving process - and the actual motivations of animals. — Frans de Waal
People banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, but a code it is,… — John McWhorter
The cherry blossom tree is truly a sight to behold, especially when it is in full riotous bloom. There are several varieties of the cherry… — Homaro Cantu
History provides a laboratory in which we see played out the actual, as well as the intended, consequences of ideas. — Elizabeth Coleman
If you think about the actual problems we are facing - all the crises - we have the means to solve these crises. The past… — Neil Turok
I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to! — Rik Mayall
Eat food. Eat actual food. I try to not eat anything processed or sugar-free - I eat lots of fruits and vegetables. — Megyn Price
To cover politics in Washington allows you to live in the very, very wide gap between what the actual truth is, and how people are… — Mark Leibovich
I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I would… — Clare Balding
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. — Marya Mannes
The fear of this delicate and fierce feminine has more to do with our fear of being vulnerable again, getting hurt again, than it does… — Alanis Morissette
I love working with the actors eye-to-eye. I think something gets lost in translation, not only through a monitor, but when you leave the area… — Drew Barrymore
I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to understand… — Nathaniel Branden
Forces that you might think are utterly unrelated to creativity can have a big impact. Technology, obviously, but environment, too. Even financial structures can affect… — David Byrne
For better or worse, we live in possible worlds as much as actual ones. We are cursed by that characteristically human guilt and regret about… — Alison Gopnik
I started watching actual movies when I was pretty young. — Charlie Tahan
If the first bite is with the eye and the second with the nose, some people will never take that third, actual bite if the… — Yotam Ottolenghi
In Judaism, there are a lot of rules - everything from which fingernail you cut first to which side you sleep on in bed, to… — Matisyahu
I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play. — Eddie Trunk
If establishment journalists were to replicate actual stenography, it would be an improvement on most of the work they produce. — Glenn Greenwald
Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure spending because it… — Grover Norquist
My actual first summer internship was in the design department of Clinique. — Aerin Lauder
When times are tough, people want to escape to somewhere fantastic without having to pay actual escape-to-somewhere-fantastic cash. And offering a couple of hours away… — John Ridley
The perpetrators of the actual bad stuff that does real and lasting harm to people, like leakage of industrial chemicals into water systems, seem to… — Henry Rollins
The number of people who are actual supporters of Mr. Romney could very well be less than the Donner Party, whose members they sadly resemble… — Henry Rollins

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