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Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture.
E. O. Wilson
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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.
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Genius is the summed production of the many with the names of the few attached for easy recall.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
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