"Beliefs. Once entrenched in a culture, they persist, evolve and diverge, in a manner reminiscent of biological evolution."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Culture Quotes #Belief Quotes #Evolution Quotes

“Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.”
“The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color.”
“I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.”
“The critique of social inequality, which is very much a part of my story, came about naturally from my recollection of Huck and Tom and the controversy surrounding [Mark] Twain's use of them and from my own passionate interest in civil rights, animal rights, and the right of Earth to survive humankind's reprehensible neglect of its stewardship.”
“I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present”

Source : Maya Lin (2016). “Boundaries”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“I am a Christian and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate.”

Source : "Religious Fundamentalism Spreads... Beyond Islam" by Ali A. Rizvi, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 27, 2009.
“What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.”
“The only thing I can say, once again, is thank you, to all of you, to everyone who's supported us so far. From the people who first picked up the phone and voted on x factor, to the people who went into the shop and bought our albums and everybody in between. Thank you so much for a fantastic opportunity and helping me and the boys to where we are today.”

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