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Individuals Quotes by Richard Dawkins
- There is economics in biology, nothing is free, everything has to be paid for, there are costs as well as benefits to everything in life,…
- The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on people rather than…
- More poignant for us, at Laetoli in Tanzania are the companionable footprints of three real hominids, probably Australopithecus afarensis, walking together 3.6 million years ago…
- Individuals are not stable things, they are fleeting. Chromosomes too are shuffled into oblivion, like hands of cards soon after they are dealt. But the…
- Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
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- The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate… — David Brin
- A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. — Pearl S. Buck
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