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Animals behave in set patterns, which is why we are able to hunt and kill them. Only man has the capacity to consciously alter his behavior, to improvise and overcome the weight of routine and habit.

Robert Greene

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Norwich
Norfolk
Capacity
Routine
Behavior
Overcome
Habit
Behave
Animal
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Improvise
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Patterns
Hunt
Men
Animals
Hunts
Weight
Alter
Kill
Consciously

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