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E. O. Wilson

"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal."

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"Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain."

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"But in practice, if often comes down to not suffering a loss as big as the huge gain you made a while ago."

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"Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another."

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"While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our courageous soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq, I cannot be supportive of capitalizing on these very sacrifices for political gain."

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"Between each album I try to gain a new insight that I didn't have before and perhaps write a song about something that I've written about before, but from a fresh viewpoint."

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"Now I understand what was happening. I don't particularly gain water; I don't have water retention."

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