"Humans arose ... as a fortuitous and contingent……" — Stephen Jay Gould

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• The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,… — Rowan Atkinson
• I'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax,… — Michele Bachmann
• In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because… — Gerry Adams
• You got to be just stupid to not be focused on alternative energy. — Lewis Black
• You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good… — Tom Brokaw
• Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and… — Jerome Bruner
• Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here. — George H. W. Bush
• The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative. — George W. Bush
• Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. — Maurice Chevalier
• You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down -… — Chris Christie
• In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best… — Winston Churchill

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