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If you look at national economies today, for example, the American economy, the European economy, the Indians, the Chinese, we're all tied together. If one of them sinks, the rest are going to sink with them and if one floats, the rest are lifted up. I find that very interesting.
— Frans de Waal
Tags: together, look, you, today

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Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap a politician running for office can have, bigger than being gay, unmarried, thrice married, or black.
— Frans de Waal
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The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms... The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.
— Frans de Waal
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Female bonobos form a strong sisterhood. They rule through female solidarity.
— Frans de Waal
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The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh.
— Frans de Waal
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We need to separate the process of evolution - which is, indeed, a self-serving process - and the actual motivations of animals.
— Frans de Waal
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