Quote by Richard Dawkins
I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept ever

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality – youre told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things. – Richard Dawkins

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If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. – Richard Dawkins

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I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance. – Richard Dawkins

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I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. – Charles Dickens

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And of course theres so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because its obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around. – Ashley Judd

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Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. Thats what Christmas was for me – a plane journey to the next tournament. – Monica Seles

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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas – but I did too! – Nancy Kerrigan

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A mans respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck. – Adam Clayton

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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. – Igor Stravinsky

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Politics is the womb in which war develops. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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