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One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die. — Charles Darwin
Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual… — Charles Darwin
My songs examine and explore little specific emotions or situations or stories... They're kitchen table songs, like a conversation between me and one other person.… — KT Tunstall
Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which… — Lytton Strachey
Much male fear of feminism is the fear that, in becoming whole human beings, women will cease to mother men, to provide the breast, the… — Adrienne Rich
The Lord has directed, Bring up your children in light and truth. To me, there is no more important human effort. Being a father or… — James E. Faust
Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as 'unnecessary.' For example, it… — Pope Francis
We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined us so closely… — Pope Francis
Even in a jungle, lovely flowers will spring up here and there, such being the fecundity of nature, and however badly our pastors and masters… — Eric Bentley
The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards an ideal aim. The idea that a… — Stephen Spender
But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years… — Jeffrey Archer
All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To… — Unknown Author
Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time. — Gale Norton
Real literature is something much better than a harmless instrument for getting through idle hours. The purpose of great literature is to help us to… — Russell Kirk
The divine impeccability of the immortal [Soviet] State turned out not only to have suppressed individual human beings but also to have defended them, to… — Vasily Grossman
In truth, philosophy is the mode of thought shaped by the most radical form of prejudice: the passion of being-in-the-world. With the sole exception of… — Peter Sloterdijk
There is no meaning if meaning is not shared, and not because there would be an ultimate or first signification that all beings have in… — Unknown Author
All of this is on account we want to register [sic], to become first-class citizens, and if the Freedom Democratic Party is not seated now,… — Fannie Lou Hamer
I personally believe that the solar flares are more responsible for climatic cycles than anything that human beings do — Jim Sensenbrenner
But without doubts, without a standpoint reached through questionings, human beings can't acquire knowledge. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The crucified but risen Jesus appears in the believing, assembled community of the church. That this sense of the risen, living Jesus has faded in… — Edward Schillebeeckx
The fountain of youth [for me], let’s see…I guess it’s exercise, healthy diet, lots of water, lots of laughter, lots of sex—yes, sex, we need… — Cameron Diaz
I fall in love with human beings based on who they are, not based on what they do or what sex they are. — Shailene Woodley
If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human… — P.D. James
Psychics exploit the human beings' natural desire that longs for something higher. … The same way a pimp exploits the natural desire to be with… — Christine O'Donnell

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