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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.

E. O. Wilson

Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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Company Further Growth Share Willing Withhold
Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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Ant Creature Dead Depend Land Lead Remove
The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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Century Challenge Economic Major Majority Much Planet Save Situation
Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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All Among Country Winner Culture Darwinian Flourish Major None Religious Rival Struggle Tolerate Wage
People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Nonfiction Novel People Red Respect
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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Anything Desire History Passion Same Science Taight Truth
One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Ardent Bug Grow Naturalist One Period Thing Up
An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being’s, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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Being Brain Even Human Individual Laboratory Maze Millionth Rat Simple Size Thought Use
Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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Bug Every Grew Kid never Out Period
I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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Always Back Carrer Mind New Point Reach Ready Something Write
In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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Ant Away Collapse Ecosystem Environment Land Many Partial
I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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Believe Consequence Dogma Evolution Religious Tend
Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Across Belief Change Come Demonstrate Even Fall Generation Hard Slowly
It’s obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life – for 8 billion or more people – without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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Attempt Better Bring Century Come Entirely Environment Face Humanity Key Obvious Problem Quality Wrecking
Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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Ant Biomass Cemetery Dominant Inspect Make Myuchm Quater Predators Principal Tell Well Worker
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Burn Cook Destroy Economic Gain Meal Paint Rainforest Renaissance

I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.

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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.

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