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We must continually remind ourselves that there is a difference between what is natural and what is actually good for us.
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Sam Harris
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 9
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Samuel Benjamin Harris
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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Unfortunately, failure enjoys a natural advantage. Wrong answers to any problem outnumber right ones by a wide margin, and it seems that it will always be easier to break things than to fix them.
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It is difficult to think of anything more important than providing the best education possible for our children. They will develop the next technologies, medical cures, and global industries, while mitigating their unintended effects, or they will fail to do these things and consign us all to oblivion.
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You can't take credit for your talents, but it matters that you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses, but it matters that you correct them. So pride and shame don't make a lot of sense, in the final analysis, but they weren't much fun anyway.
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Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.
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