Svante Paabo quotes

“From a genomic perspective, we are all Africans.”
-- Svante Paabo

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“In the 50,000 years that followed—a time four to eight times shorter than the entire length of time the Neanderthals existed—the replacement crowd not only settled on almost every habitable speck of land on the planet, they developed technology that allowed them to go to the moon and beyond.”
-- Svante Paabo

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“Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.”

“Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.”

Source : "Adam Rayner Talks Tyrant, Joining the Show, Playing an Arab Character, Shocking Moments, Shooting the Pilot in Morocco, and His Character’s Motives". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 24, 2014.

“When I want to talk to someone from Golden Boy, I make sure Richard calls me. Bosses talk to bosses.”

“I don't play games. I ran away from home because my Dad brought me an Xbox.”

“For the most part I have been able to meet all my goals, but I always strive for bigger goals in life so everything's not complete just yet. My first aspiration was to be known as a singer and also as an advocate for sickle cell disease. I try to be that inspiration, you know. It's not as bad as people try to make it seem. I mean, it is, but it's not. People don't have to be afraid of it; they don't have to be held down by it. Try to find triumph in the situation.”

“Humor and absurdism are inevitable. If you look at our current massive flow of consumer products and digital communication and related media from a sort of astute perspective and carefully state what you see you can't help but sounding like you're joking.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.”

“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.”

Source : Al Neuharth (1992). “Confessions of an S.O.B.”, Signet

“The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we are all created equal and endowed by the Creator, God, with our unalienable rights.”

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analyses of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.”