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As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good… — Andrew Weil
When people are told to 'eat many small meals,' what they may actually hear is 'eat all the time,' making them likely to respond with… — Andrew Weil
Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat. — Simone Weil
Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even… — Arabella Weir
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up. — Mae West
Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is. — Rebecca West
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. — Elwyn Brooks White
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. — E. O. Wilson
The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction… — E. O. Wilson
The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined. — E. O. Wilson
Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer. Of course, the… — Robert Winston
While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a tendency to religious… — Robert Winston
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. — Jonathan Winters
It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible. — Reza Aslan
Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform… — Philip Zimbardo
On engagement, we're already seeing that mobile users are more likely to be daily active users than desktop users. They're more likely to use Facebook… — Mark Zuckerberg
Yesterday's news feeds our fear that our neighbours are more likely than not to be bad eggs: benefit fraudsters, bogus asylum seekers, paedophiles or jihadist… — Julian Baggini
Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear… — Frans de Waal
The ideal God holds for us is to form families in the way most likely to lead to happiness and away from sorrow. — Henry B. Eyring
The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities. — Helen Fisher
Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their… — Helen Fisher
Women have a better sense of smell than men do, and it's even sharper in the middle of their menstrual cycle, when estrogen levels peak… — Helen Fisher
As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking… — Hanna Rosin
We know that people are less open in conversations if the other conversant puts a cell phone on the table. Even if it's turned off.… — Douglas Rushkoff
Most of us still haven't grasped the fact that everything we commit to the digital space - not just our public blogs and broadcast tweets,… — Douglas Rushkoff

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