"We evolved. We have only to look at the pouting face of a young chimpanzee to laugh at its reflections of ourselves. We know that more then 98 percent of our genes are shared with the chimpanzee, but we feel the kinship directly when the furry baby puts up its arms to be held."

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Source : Alison Jolly (2001). “Lucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution”, p.9, Harvard University Press

Alison Jolly

#Baby Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“After one moment of gripped immobility, the queen bent to kiss the king lightly on one closed eyelid, then on the other. She said, 'I love your eyes.' She kissed him on either cheek, near the small lobe of his ear. 'I love your ears, and I love'-she paused as she kissed him gently on the lips-'every single one of your ridiculous lies.' The king opened his eyes and smiled at the queen in a companionship that was as unassailable as it was unfathomable.”
“I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.”
“I have a counter-theory...I believe men built most things because women were shut out of political power, job opportunities, and education for most of history, and instead forced into servitude towards men in the home. I believe my theory has a lot of evidence for it, in the form of all of history.”
“I don't think there are any clichÃ©s I try to avoid. As soon as I spot a clichÃ©, I go for it. I feel like clichÃ©s are the most useful thing in songwriting. They're the tool on which you build all the rest of the song.”
“The older we get the more we realize that service to others is the only way to stay happy. If we do nothing to benefit others we will do nothing to benefit ourselves.”
“My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it”

Source : Song: Work It, Album: Under Construction
“You must ask for God's help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.”

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