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“No slave system has ever been able to continue to function on the slaves provided by its own biological reproduction because the rate of human reproduction is too slow and the expense from infant mortality and years of unproductive upkeep of the young make this prohibitively expensive. This relationship is one of the basic causes of the American Civil War, and was even more significant in destroying ancient Rome.”

Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis

“Just as there can be little doubt that labor unions are a significant political force, neither can there be much question that this political force is a by-product of the purely industrial activities that unions regard as their major function.”

Littles Political Force Doubt Products Activity Majors Labor Function Regard Unions Significant Labor Union

Book:THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION

Source: THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION

“It always seemed to me like it was a significant thing to do with one's life to be an actor 'cause I love movies and I felt like, not to be grandiose about it, but there is something important about film with the function it provides to general society.”

Important Film Actors Felt Causes Function Significant Things To Do Movie Love Grandiose Significant Things

Author:Charlie Hunnam

“Sometimes love burns so hot in your veins that it consumes all rational thought. You become a walking shell that can no longer function without your significant other whispering into your soul, telling your heart to beat.”

Heart Soul Sometimes Walking Beats Function Hot Significant Rational Your Soul Shells Veins Whispering Time Love Rational Thought Significant Other Sometimes Love

Author:Teresa Mummert

“Studies by Andrew Newberg and others have shown that long-term practice of meditation produces significant alterations in cerebral blood flow in parts of the brain related to attention, emotion, and some autonomic functions.”

Long Term Emotion Attention Brain Practice Study Meditation Blood Produce Flow Function Significant Long Term Related Andrew Cerebral Alterations Blood Flow

Book:Hallucinations

Source: Hallucinations

“The food you eat is among the most significant factors affecting your genes and pushing them toward cancer by causing mutation or disruption in their function. That is, what you eat can either prevent cancer and other chronic illnesses or help cause them.”

Helping Causes Function Cancer Illness Significant Factors Pushing Genes Disruption Chronic Illness Mutation

Book:Food As Medicine: How to Use Diet, Vitamins, Juices, and Herbs for a Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life

Source: Food As Medicine: How to Use Diet, Vitamins, Juices, and Herbs for a Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life

“The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins as the differences in form. If we could define clearly the differences in molecular constitution and functions of different kinds of organisms, there would be possible a more illuminating and deeper understanding of question of the evolutionary reactions of organisms than could ever be expected from morphological considerations.”