Quote by Richard Dawkins
Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. – Richard Dawkins

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Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. – Richard Dawkins

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Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but thats because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection. – Richard Dawkins

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I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. – Debra Winger

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We are all geniuses up to the age of ten. – Aldous Huxley

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Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time youve got all this great wisdom, you dont get to be young anymore. – Elizabeth Wurtzel

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With age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of a kid? You keep going. Luckily, Im not afraid to make a fool of myself. – Hugh Jackman

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And weve got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding. – Karl Pilkington

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