"There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism."

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Source : Daniel C. Dennett (2014). “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life”, p.515, Simon and Schuster

Daniel Dennett

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“And Death fell with me, like a deepening moan. And He, picking a manner of worm, which half had hid Its bruises in the earth, but crawled no further, Showed me its feet, the feet of many men, And the fresh-severed head of it, my head.”
“Most of my projects seem to start as exploratory journeys with no visible end in sight.”
“We're finally learning that it is not an either-or situation ... Feelings and learning and emotion are all very integral to each other.”
“I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.”
“Someone stole all my credit cards, but I won't be reporting it. The thief spends less than my wife did”
“As you get older and as your situation changes, it becomes different. Yes, I have to provide for my family, so if there's a chance that I'm not going to be able to provide for my family, who is always number one, my kids are always number one, then yeah, maybe it's not the same. But like I said, everybody's boiling point is different and you get to that point differently and you're at peace with it.”

Source : "'People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football'". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.
“I think leaving [death] can be as joyous as - probably more joyous than - being born, because being born is very physically uncomfortable for the baby.”
“Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another.”

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