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— Jared Diamond

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88 Quotes by Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond has 88 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural…
Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being…
In parts of Montana, salt concentrations in soil water, have reached those double those of seawater.
In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex…
The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago…
Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of…
The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics and genocide. Those collisions…
One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long…
When you have seen the errors in which you live, you will understand the good that we have done you…
The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss.
It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end…
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 Focus Quotes

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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see… — Dan Aykroyd
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
Focus on your music and not technology. — Bryan Adams
Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs. — Bryan Adams
Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source… — Scott Adams
Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in… — Bob Beauprez
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. — Alexander Graham Bell
The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care… — Adele
To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or… — Ezra Taft Benson
The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action. — Howard Berman

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