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Likely Quotes by Steven Pinker
- Since the point of erotica is to offer the consumer sexual experiences without having to compromise with the demands of the other sex, it is…
- Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in an international system…
- It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical removal of the…
- If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what…
- The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian…
- Being smarter gives you a tailwind throughout life. People who are more intelligent earn more, live longer, get divorced less, are less likely to get…
- Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries that trade more…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- Relationships arent easy. So much comes with them. No one actually realizes how much trouble a relationship is. It may seem great… — 1note
- We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material… — Julian Assange
- If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the… — Thomas Carlyle
- During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A… — Neal A. Maxwell
- Nonetheless, GAO's conclusion that employer sanctions had somehow caused employment discrimination was contradicted by GAO's own Chief of Methodology, who criticized the… — Alan K. Simpson
- Real teams are much more likely to flourish if leaders aim their sights on performance results that balance the needs of customers,… — Jon Katzenbach
- There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'… — Seth Shostak