"One of the embarrassing facts from social psychology is that most stereotypes are true, in the only sense that stereotypes are ever true: on average."

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Source : "Stereotypes of homosexuals". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. August 23, 2002.

J. Michael Bailey

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“The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that's the minute you have to stop because from then on it's wrong.”

Source : "A qualified optimist" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2003.
“I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry will produce liberality of conduct; that mankind will reverse the absurd position that the many were, made for the few; and that they will not continue slaves in one part of the globe, when they can become freemen in another.”
“I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.”
“I love movin'. I was observant growing up, watching Michael Jackson and John Travolta. I'd close my eyes, see the moves.”
“There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.”
“When we do get to the point where things aren't good, we know how to smarten up and fix it before it gets ugly.”
“For me the breakthrough was the realization that I wasn't the center of the universe or even the centre of my own world. That you and your work, your living, are not the only reason you're here. Your role is to shepherd your children through to adulthood. That's the point of life. Your own little sessions and needs and passions are just there to flavour you and help you do that job for your children.”
“Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.”

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