"It is hard to hide our genes completely. However devoted someone may be to the privacy of his genotype, others with enough curiosity and knowledge can draw conclusions from the phenotype he presents and from the traits of his relatives."

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Source : Philip Kitcher (1997). “The Lives to Come”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

Philip Kitcher

#Knowledge Quotes #Curiosity Quotes #May Quotes

“Bavaria is a dynamic, cosmopolitan state. Those who don't adapt fall behind.”

Source : "'We Want a Solution to the Immigration Problem'". Interview with Markus Feldenkirchen and Ralf Neukirch, www.spiegel.de. September 16, 2016.
“That's exactly how I felt. So getting to suddenly know this young [princess] Margaret, who had this extraordinary life - it was sad and tragic and difficult and sort of astonishing and getting to know her young self was amazing because it completely defied all my expectations.”
“This race is not for the swift, but for the smart, for the one who knows himself as the winner”
“To me, what I define as defiance, in some ways, is knowing the "reality" and having the ability to possess a realist mindstate yet still working towards the fantasy and still being childish. While still having the understanding and capacity that would generally inspire pessimism: some sort of more realist perspective that I think most people classify as adult. Anything like that and anything that's sort of fun.”

Source : "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Freedom is never very safe.”
“[My boys] bloody well will work. Same as myself, same as David. They're not going to be the kinds of kids that just hang about. I want them to be able to fulfill their passions, but I think it's important that the children grow up and have respect for themselves.”
“Quick as a hummingbird...she darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly dipping into the flowers of my heart.”
“I'm emotionless right now. It's hard to describe how I'm feeling.”

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