"It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes are more frequent, the percentage of men in the population who fight is greater, and the rates of death per battle are higher."

-- Steven Pinker

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“Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.”
“You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.”
“I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to.”
“You could try and understand people, you could read books and understand words and concepts and ideas, but you could never understand enough or have enough knowledge to keep away the surprises that both fate and human beings had in store.”
“When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious genre is the thing you're going to get the most out of. If you're trying to satirise a comedy, it's hard to do that - it doesn't really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I'm a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.”
“The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions.”
“I try to make music that's really real. I've always liked music that makes me feel something. I'm not a brain first, music second person.”

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“It's really exciting working with a new band when you feel like you hit something that's great, and you helped them bring something out.”

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