"The big picture, I think, is that common ancestry is evidentially prior to natural selection in Darwin's theory and in contemporary evolutionary biology as well."

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Elliott Sober

#Thinking Quotes #Ancestry Quotes #Common Quotes

“Art is a personal act of courage.”
“When people talk about imagination, they tend to think of fantasy or something made-up. But really imagination is a mode of perception. Which is maybe why so many artists have turned to the occult. Artists tend to feel like outsiders. Whether they are actually outsiders or not is also kind of irrelevant.”

Source : Source: logger.believermag.com
“Pope Francis has taught us by his example how we can witness with our lives and actions to our faith and moral principles, but still engage respectfully with those who disagree. He's urged us to find a "new balance," going beyond the few wedge issues of our politics, so we do not lose the "freshness and fragrance of the Gospel."”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.”
“While alcohol ... continues to wreak havoc in America, supported by a $6 billion-a-year alcohol industry advertising campaign extolling the joy of inebriation, the far less harmful drug of ***** remains illegal and continues to ruin people's lives - only if they are caught possessing and convicted of that crime.”
“On a personal level, you wear different masks.”

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“Realize that you earn income by providing value - not time - so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it.”
“It depends. If I don't let you in, will you huff and puff and blow my house down?" She had no idea. "I'm more of a kick the door open and cut everyone inside to ribbons kind of wolf.”

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