"Australia is the most isolated continent." — Jared Diamond
"Australia is the most isolated continent."
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Jared Diamond
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88 Quotes by Jared Diamond
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Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural…
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Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being…
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In parts of Montana, salt concentrations in soil water, have reached those double those of seawater.
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In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex…
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The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago…
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Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of…
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The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics and genocide. Those collisions…
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One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long…
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When you have seen the errors in which you live, you will understand the good that we have done you…
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The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss.
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It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end…
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Besides justifying the transfer of wealth to kleptocrats, institutionalized religion brings two other important benefits to centralized societies. First, shared…
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More Australia Quotes
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I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within…
— David Attenborough
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I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a…
— Eric Bana
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I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon…
— Eric Bana
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I…
— Cate Blanchett
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There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.
— Cate Blanchett
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
— Tony Abbott
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
— Tony Abbott
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Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding…
— Richard Branson
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There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One…
— Nicolas Cage
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It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.
— Nick Cave
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I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a…
— Nick Cave
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For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection,…
— Sam Abell
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