"My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as a species."

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Louise Leakey

#Father Quotes #Animal Quotes #Choices Quotes

“The complex human eye harvests light. It perceives seven to ten million colors through a synaptic flash: one-tenth of a second from retina to brain. Homo sapiens gangs up to 70 percent of its sense receptors solely for vision, to anticipate danger and recognize reward, but alsoâ€”more soâ€”for beauty.”
“In public schooling, social policy has been turned back almost one hundred years.”
“The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.”
“With Woods arms wrapped around me and the beat of his heart pressed against my chest, I knew he would hold me steady. If I ever fell, Iâ€™d have him to catch me.”
“I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.”
“I'm living in the present. I have no ambition. It's true. But I want to live.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Everybody should customize their names.”

Source : Charles Baxter (2009). “The Feast of Love”, p.153, Vintage
“If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.”

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