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• There are many other (besides testosterone) behaviour-eliciting hormones fundamental for humen well-being, including estrogen and progesterone in females. The fact that complex behavioural patterns can be triggered by a tiny concentration of moleculas coursing through the bloodstream, and that different animals of the same species generate different amounts of these hormones, is something worth thinking about when it's time to judge such matters as free will, individual responsibility, and law and order.

  Carl Sagan

  Responsibility, Thinking, Animal

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• I would like to call your attention to ... an evil that, if allowed to continue, will probably lead to great trouble ... It is the accumulation of vast amounts of untaxed church property.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Evil, Atheism, Church

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• Religious reasons, which is no reason. I notice Skeptic had a review of Dennett's book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Religious reasons amount to what Dennett terms "skyhooks." Do you believe in skyhooks? I don't.

  Garrett Hardin

  Religious, Believe, Book

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• If you really want to channel all of your energy towards higher mysticism, you should realize that sex does drain a certain amount of your occult energy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sex, Energy, Doe

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• There may be a certain amount of pleasurable excitement in running up to the top of a hillock in the hope of seeing your ball near the flag, but this kind of thing one gets tired of as one grows older.

  Alister MacKenzie

  Running, Tired, Golf

  Alister MacKenzie, H.S. Colt , A.W. Tillinghast (2013). “Methods of Early Golf Architecture: The Selected Writings of Alister MacKenzie, H.S. Colt, and A.W. Tillinghast”, p.24, Coventry House Publishing

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• You can take power from others; you can steal it. It is not a very high-grade power. It will give you a certain amount of access to a better life; but it corrupts the individual.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Giving, Stealing

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• An important tradition within westren philosophy believes in the primacy of natural science as a guide to truth. This is sometimes met with the charge that such an allegiance amounts to scientism - the view that the only things that really exist are those recognized by fundamental physical theory, and that the only forms of genuine knowledge are scientific ones.

  J. J. C. Smart

  Philosophy, Believe, Views

  J. J. C. Smart, J. J. Haldane (2008). “Atheism and Theism”, p.82, John Wiley & Sons

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• The earth is alive. There are places on the earth that are very powerful. Meaning that on another dimensional level, there is an interfacing dimension where there is a crossover point between dimensions and a tremendous amount of energy is passing back and forth.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Buddhism, Dimensions

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• I don't think people have fully processed how deeply television has changed the political process in our own world. Political parties have become vestiges of what they were and individuals with large amounts of money can leapfrog over that process, which can have a positive mediating effect. And so I think there are things to worry about.

  Alexander Stille

  Party, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I could not stress enough how little we [actors] prepare and what small amount of time we put in before these shows.

  Amy Poehler

  Stress, Believe, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be an individual amongst the mass amounts of other artists.

  Macklemore

  Artist, Able, Life Is

  "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Find Clarity". Interview with Dan Buyanovsky, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 9, 2012.

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• There's nothing good about getting older-absolutely nothing-because the amount of wisdom and experience you gain is negligible compared to what you lose. You do gain a couple of things-you gain a little bittersweet and sour wisdom from your heartbreaks and failures and things-but what you lose is so catastrophic in every way.

  Woody Allen

  Couple, Getting Older, Littles

  Interview with Douglas McGrath, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 1, 2008.

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• Making movies is like a circus. You get together for a finite amount of time and you build the most extravagant thing you can, which requires teamwork. Most people don't know, but when you see something on screen, it looks perfect. If you go behind the scenes, things are very archaic. You only see the front of the building, not the back.

  Joe Hahn

  Teamwork, People, Perfect

  "Director Joe Hahn Talks MALL, Why He Chose This Material as His First Feature, the Casting Process, His Music Video Background, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 16, 2014.

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• There are a huge amount of people who sell a TV pilot, every year, but most of them never get produced. It's very easy to make a living and never get anything produced.

  Robert Ben Garant

  Years, People, Pilots

  Source: collider.com

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• The idea of my kids being spoiled, I go to sleep thinking about it. I wake up thinking about. I'm trying to do the right thing. With the amount of money I have, it's difficult to raise children the way I was raised. But I took away the west and north wing of the house for those guys. So, they're not allowed in there.

  Adam Sandler

  Children, Sleep, Kids

  "DUB Q&A: Adam Sandler". Press conference, www.dubmagazine.com. June 9, 2010.

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• People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic.

  David Brooks

  People, Giving

  "Shields and Brooks on the pope’s critique of capitalism, Thanksgiving gratitude". "PBS NewsHour" with Hari Sreenivasan, www.pbs.org. November 29, 2013.

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• People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. They have some issue. They have some interest. It may be world peace. It may be preserving carried interest. But it's not altruistic.

  David Brooks

  Issues, People, Giving

  "Shields and Brooks on the pope’s critique of capitalism, Thanksgiving gratitude". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. November 29, 2013.

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• [On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.

  George Clooney

  Dad, Thinking, Light

  "George Clooney Dishes on Brad Pitt and John Krasinski in the Emmy Press Room". Pop Sugar Interview, www.popsugar.com. August 29, 2010.

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• I think when portraying someone that does exist in real life, there's an amount of respect and you want to do them justice. I don't really care what anybody says out there about what I did in the film; I care what these guys thought about what I did. If I'm making them happy, then I know I'm on the right track.

  Joe Manganiello

  Real, Thinking, Track

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• They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an incredible amount of dignity. And by that, they are grateful for America's help in ridding them of the Taliban. The average, ordinary person is glad that their daughter can go to school now. There's no public executions, no banning of soccer games. The difference is, they're appreciative, but they don't want any prolonged military presence of the United States there.

  Immortal Technique

  Soccer, Country, Daughter

  Source: www.ballerstatus.com

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• I really want to go to Ireland. It's really green I hear and very pretty. So I'd really like to go there and spend a nice amount of time because I always travel but for like a second. I never get to enjoy the places.

  Selena Gomez

  Nice, Green, Want

  Interview with Miranda Clarke, cinemanerdz.com. July 4, 2011.

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• I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it. Have it be completely transparent. But actually getting to that spot, as we have learned through all the legislation over the decades, is very difficult.

  Rick Santelli

  Thinking, Levels, Legislation

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 24, 2010.

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• I don't have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Waiting, Doe, Patterns

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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• Once you're a public figure, there's a certain amount of privacy you do give up.

  Jay Roach

  Giving Up, Privacy, Figures

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny is in the writing, not in the performing. If the situation isn't absurd, no amount of joke will help.

  Mel Brooks

  Writing, Trying, Actors

  "Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview". Interview with Alex Belth, www.thedailybeast.com. February 16, 2014.

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