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“We do not realize how deeply our starting assumptions affect the way we go about looking for and interpreting the data we collect. We should recognize that nonhuman organisms need not meet every new definition of human language, tool use, mind, or consciousness in order to have versions of their own that are worthy of serious study. We have set ourselves too much apart, grasping for definitions that will distinguish man from all other life on the planet. We must rejoin the great stream of life from whence we arose and strive to see within it the seeds of all we are and all we may become.”

Source: Kanzi: The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind

“White folk done took this country. You're in their home, and they're gonna let you know it.You are not now, nor have you ever been, nor will you ever be a brother to white folk and if you do not realize that, you are in serious trouble.”

Ifs Knows Country Done Home Realizing White Trouble Serious Brother Folks

Author:Jeremiah Wright

“Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.”

Ifs Wells Littles Soul Universe Belief Sides Realizing Comedy Serious Amount Drama Salvation Secure Maximum Seriousness Comical

Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“Very few people realize the damage even one mercury vapor light can inflict on birds, air quality and human sleep patterns. It a serious problem that is rapidly growing and it will take all of us to take action before we see results.”

People Humans Problem Light Action Realizing Sleep Results Quality Growing Air Serious Bird Patterns Damage Mercury Vapor Air Quality

Author:Will Young

“You can do some serious subway flirting before you realize the guy is homeless.”

Guy Can Do Realizing Rocks Serious Homeless Flirting Subway

Author:LIZ

“I was always interested in music, I felt it was time to do it, coming out of the punk scene [1979]. I thought it was ideal that anyone could just put together a group and make it work. Then, of course, it became a little more detailed after starting it and realizing that it was something serious, not just a one-off situation. I had to put a lot more into it. Also I did it to get a lot of things out of my system, things that had been put there while I was growing up in my family. A sort of exorcizing of demons.”

Littles Together Courses Felt Realizing Situation Growing Up Growing Groups Serious Scene Ideals My Family Starting Demon Coming Out Punk

Author:Rozz Williams

“Is Donald Trump a serious candidate? The reason I ask this is, if you're going to close the Internet, realize, America, what that entails. That entails getting rid of the First amendment, ok? It's no small feat.”

Ifs Firsts Reason America Asks Realizing Serious Trump Internet Candidates Amendments First Amendment Feats

Author:Rand Paul

“I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue over stuff that's not important, like gay marriage or the war in Iraq or illegal immigration... When I run - if I run - we're going to talk about real issues like improving our schools, cleaning up our neighborhoods of drugs and crime and making Alabama a better place for all people.”

“As first time director, though, you're like a new officer coming up to be in charge of very serious veterans, and you're always going to have guys looking at each other for the first day until they realize you're not screwing around.”

Firsts Guy Realizing Serious Directors First Time Officers Veteran

Author:William Monahan

“When you understand that what most people really, really want is simply to feel good about themselves, and when you realize that with just a few well-chosen words you can help virtually anyone on the planet instantly achieve this, you begin to realize just how simple life is, how powerful you are, and that love is the key.”

People Want Feels Wells Helping Life Is Realizing Simple Love Is Powerful Achieve Planets Serious Keys Chosen Feel Good Simple Life

Author:Mike Dooley

“I was under the misconception that I have oily skin, I'm prone to breakouts, I shouldn't moisturize or put anything on my face. And then realizing, "Oh, no, my skin is incredibly dry - that's why I'm breaking out. I need to wear moisturizer." Some of these steps could be anti-"I'm serious," but that's the one thing I feel I know the way on. I'm not snobby about anything else.”

Knows Way Needs Feels Faces Realizing Steps One Thing Serious Skins Dry Misconception Snobby

Author:June Diane Raphael

“Things are getting worse. You know, when you look at this campaign, and you realize the enormously serious issues this country faces, right, we got a collapsing middle class. We have more wealth and income inequality today than we've had since the 1920s. We have all of these enormous issues.”

Country Today Realizing Wealth Serious Inequality Middle Class

Author:Bernie Sanders

“I don't separate Robert DeNiro's comedy from the serious stuff. The one thing I realize working with him in all of his work, is that he doesn't do anything unless something happens to him in scenes - unless something happens to make him react. He never came in with a set idea of how he was going to do it, he never came in with guns blazing. He would just show up and wait to see what happened.”

Waiting Realizing Comedy Serious Scene Gun Things Happen

Author:Alessandro Nivola

“I wish I could be more serious about painting. I think there may be something going on there and I should pursue it. I'm very old-fashioned - even with the music. I realize, while I have so much respect for the kookiness of people who go for it, who paint with their eyes closed, I am superclassical.”

People Thinking Eye Wish Realizing Painting Serious Paint

Author:Lou Doillon