"Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Selfish Quotes #Generosity Quotes #Design Quotes

“Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (1973). “The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays”, p.29, Basic Books
“It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or a fish. As it is, I will always be a stranger who never feels at home, who does not really want and is not really wanted, who can never belong, who must be a little in love with death!”

Source : Eugene O'Neill, Harold Bloom (2009). “Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night”, p.79, Infobase Publishing
“Immersed in solitude, he would dream or read far into the night. By protracted contemplation of the same thoughts, his mind grew sharp, his vague, undeveloped ideas took on form.”

Source : Joris-Karl Huysmans (2015). “Against the Grain”, p.4, Booklassic
“Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.”
“People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it.”
“I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm pretty healthy, most of the time.”

Source : "Jaimie Alexander Exclusive Interview THOR". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 6, 2011.
“The only good produced by the disappearance of Africville was the appearance of a conscious black nationalism â€¦ In this regard, Consecrated Ground is the heir of fierce, vengeful, and epic activism.”

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