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J. D. Salinger Novelist, Short Story Writer
Behavior

"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior."

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Hal Whitehead Biologist
Behavior

"What I mean by it, and roughly what most biologists who talk about culture mean by it, is either behavior itself, or information that leads to behavior. Information that is picked up through social learning - so, from being with, watching, being taught by others. It's a way that individuals behave or get information about how they will behave that comes directly from the behavior of others."

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Henri Nouwen Theologian, Author
Behavior

"The great call for the Church is to not just be concerned about right or wrong behavior, which is moral life, but about communion with God, which is mystical life."

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Jane Goodall Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
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"We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our own human species. . . . Environmental responsibility – for if there is no God, then, obviously, it is up to us to put things right."

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