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I respect you too much to respect your ridiculous ideas.

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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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We are machines built by DNA whose purpose is to make more copies of the same DNA. ... This is exactly what we are for. We are machines for propagating DNA, and the propagation of DNA is a self-sustaining process. It is every living object's sole reason for living.
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