"Nature's stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest."

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Source : Theodosius Dobzhansky (1962). “Mankind Evolving: The Evolustion of the Human Species”

Theodosius Dobzhansky

#War Quotes #Discipline Quotes #May Quotes

“May be we are not such fools as we look. But though we be, we are well content, so long as we may be two fools together.”

Source : R.D. Blackmore “Lorna Doone”
“So many things suddenly made sense for the clowns, for the whole idea. Iâ€™d been going through a struggle, particularly after 9/11; I couldnâ€™t figure out what I wanted to say. I still wanted the work to be the same kind of mixture â€“ intense, with a nasty side or an ugly side, but also with a real pathos about the characters â€“ and clowns have an underlying sense of sadness while theyâ€™re trying to cheer people up. Clowns are sad, but theyâ€™re also psychotically, hysterically happy.”
“Acting is like sex. You should just do it and not talk about it.”
“It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry.”
“We have in Tennessee a number of wonderful faith-based clinics to serve the uninsured. It is an important principle with them that everyone pays something as they are able.”
“Everyone who is honest is interesting.”
“Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness.”
“You don't spend ten years appealing to middle-aged women and then suddenly turn around and start trying to connect with 25-year-old women. You're almost certainly going to alienate the people who have an investment in your brand, and there's no guarantee you're going to be successful with the new group.”

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