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George Wald Quotes: Evolution advances, not by a priori design, but by the selection of what works best out of whatever choices offer. We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.
         

Evolution advances, not by a priori design, but by the selection of what works best out of whatever choices offer. We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.


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Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.



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Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.



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A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.



I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.



We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.



I do not want to believe in God. Therefore I choose to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible, spontaneous generation leading to evolution.

I do not want to believe in God. Therefore I choose to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible, spontaneous generation leading to evolution.



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All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.



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I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.





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I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated.



He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shriveling up like ghosts at sunrise.

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The common man knows exactly what he wants...and deserves to get it good and hard.



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When God's moving his hands through your life, you had better sit up and take notice



So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.



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* We can still alter our course. It is NOT too late. We still have options. We need the courage to change our values to the regeneration of our families, the life that surrounds us.



I have one thing to say to those non-believers. Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion.

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You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.

You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.




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