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• The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general… — Annie Besant
• Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not… — Franz Boas
• I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed… — Nicolas Cage
• The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than… — Nick Cave
• Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple… — Lord Chesterfield
• I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing… — Warren Christopher
• I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who… — Diablo Cody
• There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance… — Sun Tzu
• Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the… — Georges Clemenceau
• Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This… — Laozi
• During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned -… — Peter Drucker
• It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me… — Thomas Stearns Eliot

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