1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

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    We'll have a variety of family shows, concerts, motor sports, wrestling and speakers series. I have some major -- and I mean major -- concerts that will be announced in the coming months.

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    No statistical proofs exist that prayer reduces illness and mortality, except perhaps through a psychogenic enhancement of the immune system; if it were otherwise the whole world would pray continuously.

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    The shock of discovering that most of the power in the world is held by ignorant and greedy people can really bum you out at first; but after you've lived with it a few decades, it becomes, like cancer and other plagues, just another problem that we will solve eventually if we keep working at it.

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    The plight of the children on board this ship serves as a timely reminder that slavery and bondage are still realities in the world.

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    We have given America and the world happiness with our music and it's time that we have a law that protects us and our legacy.

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    It's a big deal that Congress is voting to approve increasing the national debt. They say 'We're going to control spending' and then they turn around and make huge budget amendments, sending us further into debt.

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    Two weeks before, 15 guys will commit and I'm out. But if I can keep shooting 64 here, things will change quick.

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    That's an important lesson; if you believe in what you're doing, don't let other people stop you.

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    Science offers the boldest metaphysics of the age. It is a thoroughly human construct, driven by the faith that if we dream, press to discover, explain, and dream again, thereby plunging repeatedly into new terrain, the world will somehow come clearer and we will grasp the true strangeness of the universe. And the strangeness will all prove to be connected, and make sense.

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