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The supernatural is ubiquitou...

The supernatural is ubiquitous in children's entertainment, from Grimm and Hans Andersen to Disney and 'Harry Potter.'

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

It is possible in medicine, e...

It is possible in medicine, even when you intend to do good, to do harm instead. That is why science thrives on actively encouraging criticism rather than stifling it.

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

Selfish genes actually explai...

Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

I've never been the sort of f...

I've never been the sort of firebrand that I've been made out to be. I'm actually quite a mild person.

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

Placebos work. ...

Placebos work.

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

A constellation is not an ent...

A constellation is not an entity at all, not the kind of thing that Uranus, or anything else, can sensibly be said to 'move into.'

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Anybody who has something sen...

Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly, relying on the words themselves to convey his meaning, without resorting to yelling.

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

I did a film that's on YouTub...

I did a film that's on YouTube of me reading hate mail with a woman playing the cello in the background.

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I like to think 'The God Delu...

I like to think 'The God Delusion' is a humorous book. I think, actually, it's full of laughs. And people who describe it as a polarizing book or as an aggressive book, it's just that very often they haven't read it.

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

I would like to find a way in...

I would like to find a way in which people in Saudi Arabia could learn that they can be something other than a Muslim. Some people may not realize this. Of course, there is the problem that you can get in trouble or get stoned.

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I would like people to apprec...

I would like people to appreciate science in the same way they appreciate the arts.

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The usefulness of science is ...

The usefulness of science is sometimes exaggerated. You'd never talk about music being useful or art being useful.

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In the original introduction ...

In the original introduction to the word meme in the last chapter of 'The Selfish Gene,' I did actually use the metaphor of a 'virus.' So when anybody talks about something going viral on the Internet, that is exactly what a meme is, and it looks as though the word has been appropriated for a subset of that.

Richard Dawkins 714 quotes

Any teaching of falsehoods in...

Any teaching of falsehoods in science classes should certainly be identified and stopped by school inspectors. School inspectors should be looking at science teachings to make sure they are evidence-based science.

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There's branches of science w...

There's branches of science which I don't understand; for example, physics. It could be said, I suppose, that I have faith that physicists understand it better than I do.

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Publishers like a good buzz, ...

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

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People really, really hate th...

People really, really hate their religion being criticized. It's as though you've said they had an ugly face; they seem to identify personally with it.

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What's going to happen when I...

What's going to happen when I die? I may be buried, or I may be cremated, I may give my body to science. I haven't decided yet.

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We are a unique ape. We have ...

We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.

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Presumably what happened to J...

Presumably what happened to Jesus was what happens to all of us when we die. We decompose. Accounts of Jesus's resurrection and ascension are about as well-documented as Jack and the Beanstalk.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....