"For memetics to be a reasonable research programme, it should be the case that copying, and differential success in causing the multiplication of copies, overwhelmingly plays the major role in shaping all or at least most of the contents of culture. Evolved domain-specific psychological dispositions, if there are any, should be at most a relatively minor factor that could be considered part of background conditions."

-- Dan Sperber

#Play Quotes #Copying Quotes #Culture Quotes

“I can rap; that's what I was originally really good at.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My idea of Hell is to be young again.”
“A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!”
“But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?.”
“At one campus where I was lecturing, I asked a friend, "How many of my colleagues know I'm gay?" He answered, "All of them." I wasn't surprised. But, just the same, it was kind of spooky, because not one of them had ever given me the faintest sign that he or she knew. If I had spoken about it myself, most of them would have felt it was in bad taste.”
“Everything burns if the flame is hot enough. The world is nothing but a crucible.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.108, Canongate Books
“You cannot insult the faith of others.”
“Most true things are kind of corny, donâ€™t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.”

Source : Michel Faber (2014). “The Book of Strange New Things”, p.100, Canongate Books

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