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I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Adaptation Assumption Book Criticism Directed General Individuals Main Rather Simply Species Than Think I Think

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The general rule is that anything that is passed on in reproduction does not undergo senescence.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Anything Does General General Rule Passed Reproduction Rule Undergo

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The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.

~George Catlin

Topics: Abuse Am Applied Believe General Inclined People Savage Sense Use Very Whom Word I Am

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I just think there are a lot of celebrities who don't feel that they have a voice. A lot of actors come from a place of fear, and that's just a general statement about actors. You're terrified the casting director won't like you, you're terrified the producer won't like you, you're terrified the director won't like you, and on and on.

~George Clooney

Topics: About Actor Casting Celebrities Come Director Fear Feel General Just Like Lot Place Producer Statement Terrified Think Voice Who You

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If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government.

~George Crook

Topics: Bottom Broken Else Faith Find General Government Indian Investigate Nature Part Relating Something Supplies Them Troubles Will Wrong You

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The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.

~George Crumb

Topics: Advent After Enormous General Had Influence Music Sound Unquestionably War World World War World War Ii

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To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

~George Eliot

Topics: Against Any Feeling General Little Much Occasion Only Particular Security Seems Too Too Much

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We finally understand in general terms how a cell is organized, how its specialized organs function in a well integrated manner to insure its survival and replication.

~George Emil Palade

Topics: Cell Finally Function General How Insure Integrated Manner Organized Organs Specialized Survival Terms Understand Well

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There are many thousands of books on particular assassinations and on the subject in general, but nearly all of them deal with the victims, not the perpetrators.

~George Fetherling

Topics: Books Deal General Many Nearly Particular Subject Them Thousands Victims

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Darwin recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in particular.

~George Gaylord Simpson

Topics: Against Categories Darwin Evidence Evolution Fact General Gradual Origin Particular Provide Rather Recognized Seemed Then

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