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I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that’s also the definition of delusion.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Even those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins If there is a God, it’s going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Don’t ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He’s too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for your barbecue.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
Jesse OwensJesse Owens It’s a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon I love what I do. I have an insatiable appetite for creating things and wanting to get better at what I do and always growing and never stopping. I don’t know. It’s something I was born with. It’s definitely a drive. It’s a passion, and it’s driven for a love for what I do.
Jennifer LopezJennifer Lopez When they tell you to go back to where you come from, tell them proudly that this is where you come from.
Amanda GormanAmanda Gorman My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn’t born with shiny things.
Paul PogbaPaul Pogba I was born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.
Amanda GormanAmanda Gorman If you look at Cuba what’s the benefit in being in Cuba? Really? It’s almost like being in prison. You can’t think. You can’t have your own opinions. You have no opportunity. You just gotta live life the way you were born into it.
PitbullPitbull We wept when we were born though all around us smiled; so shall we smile when we die while all around us weep.
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