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Hunter-gatherers spent their time in more stimulating and varied ways, and were less in danger of starvation and disease. #YuvalNoahHarari

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Hunter-gatherers spent their time in more stimulating and varied ways, and were less in danger of starvation and disease. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 1, 2024
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We shouldn't be afraid of atomic bombs and missiles. No matter what kind of war breaks out--conventional or thermonuclear--we'll win. As for China, if the imperialists unleash war on us, we may lose more than three hundred million people. So what? #MaoZedong

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We shouldn't be afraid of atomic bombs and missiles. No matter what kind of war breaks out--conventional or thermonuclear--we'll win. As for China, if the imperialists unleash war on us, we may lose more than three hundred million people. So what? #MaoZedong — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 1, 2024
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When moral instruction triggers emotions, it speaks to the elephant as well as the rider. #JonathanHaidt

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When moral instruction triggers emotions, it speaks to the elephant as well as the rider. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024
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By 1690, [John Banister] was reporting that the Indians of the Hudson Bay area had been successfully tempted by traders to want 'many things which they had not wanted before, because they never had them, but which by means of trade are now highly necessary to them' #AlaindeBotton

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By 1690, [John Banister] was reporting that the Indians of the Hudson Bay area had been successfully tempted by traders to want 'many things which they had not wanted before, because they never had them, but which by means of trade are now highly necessary to them' #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024
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Capitalism won the Cold War because distributed data processing works better than centralised data processing, at least in periods of accelerating technological change. #YuvalNoahHarari

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Capitalism won the Cold War because distributed data processing works better than centralised data processing, at least in periods of accelerating technological change. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024
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The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. #EdYong

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The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. #EdYong — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 30, 2024
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From the sister of the Holy Roman Emperor: It is hard enough to marry a man... whom you do not know or love, and worse still to be required to leave home and kindred, and follow a stranger to the ends of the earth, without even being able to speak his language. #StephanieCoontz

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From the sister of the Holy Roman Emperor: It is hard enough to marry a man... whom you do not know or love, and worse still to be required to leave home and kindred, and follow a stranger to the ends of the earth, without even being able to speak his language. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2024
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