"In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool."

Survival, Aggression, Forget, Struggle

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"In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool."

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"I daren't come and drink," said Jill. Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion.Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer."I suppose I must go and look for another stream then."There is no other stream," said the Lion."

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"If you allow coldness to engulf you before winter, season is helpless to help you."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

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"I am born here among the monsters, if I have to survive I must act like one of them."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Just when we stopped wanting to kill ourselves, we started to die."

David Levithan, American Author

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"I'm not... I'm not without a heart,' he heard Sophia say, her chin raised, eyes straight ahead. 'I'm not. I just don't have the luxury of being soft. I am trying to survive."

Alexandra Bracken, American Writer

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"Or perhaps it is because it is so NECESSARY for you to win. It is like a drowning man catching at a straw. You yourself will agree that, unless he were drowning he would not mistake a straw for the trunk of a tree."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"Food in wartime Britain, she had to admit, was hardly inspiring."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"You can't kill me. Even if you could, you can't bring yourself to do it. You'll hesitate. Again."

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"If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better still, protect your good image."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

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"I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival."

Iggy Pop, American Musician

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"This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both sexes."

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"I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area."

Research

"Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do."

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"The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized."

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"We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course."

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"Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea."

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"Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are."

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"The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power."

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"But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture."

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