"...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their ignorance of the misuse."

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Source : Robert Wright (2010). “The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology”, p.21, Vintage

Robert Wright

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“My center is the soul of a gypsy.”
“Nobody calls me silly. That is not a word that applies to me.”
“Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.”
“I saw a birthday card the other day, and it said, "If you didn't know how old you were, how old would you think you were?" I started changing it in my mind right away to, "If you didn't know how sick you were, how sick would you think you were?"”
“Since Christianity is in fact a slave religion, it is satirical at least to see the negro adopt a slave religion, after chattel slavery was ended. It simply underlines the fact that consciously or unconsciously, weak humans desire the status of sheep, no matter what they say.”
“It takes a long time to become young.”
“Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.”
“I have absolutely no dance background at all. Nor a singing background. People, for some reason, think I can. And I don't know why that is. I sort intoned in Moulin Rouge, through facial hair and buck-teeth, but I don't really call it singing.”

Source : "The Van Helsing Interviews: Richard Roxburgh". Horror.com Interview, www.horror.com. April 8, 2004.

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