E. O. Wilson Quotes

Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.

E. O. Wilson

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WinSelfishGroupWithinBeat

I remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact, and that kind of opened my eyes.

Joel Gretsch

EyesRememberKindWatchingContact

I always quite like the idea of casting against type when I'm looking for and trying to understand who a character is.

Andrew Haigh

CharacterLookingTryingUnderstand

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

Maude Adams

SuccessFailurePettyAfraid

As a youth, I always did a good deal of reading in the summer months, having suffered since birth from an allergy to athletic activity.

Amor Towles

GoodYouthReadingSummerBirthDid

The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad photo, so you can't worry too much. So my main concern is that I just look a bit more like myself.

Sophie Okonedo

MyselfFeelWorryYouLookBad

The more you try to pin a word down, the more you realize that it has its own cape, sword and little hat.

Roy Blount, Jr.

HatYouDownSwordTryMore

Hundreds of people are undergoing gene therapy today. There are no known neurological issues.

Liz Parrish

TodayPeopleTherapyNeurological

A black actor is perfect for 'Kojak.'

Bonnie Hammer

BlackPerfectActor

One knows that after violent exercise one breathes heavily for some time: the more violent the exercise, the longer one's respiration is laboured.

Archibald Hill

TimeExerciseMoreKnowsSomeAfter

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

Anthony Burgess

GreatSlangCreators

Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off.

Norman Ralph Augustine

StartOutOffSlowlyMostSort

After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records.

Richard Reeves

FamilyMenMedicalLyingHimHiding

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