"Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina."
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"There is generally not any conscious thought; it's all instinct, and practice takes over."
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"It will be found, as men grow more tolerant in their instincts, that many uniformities now insisted upon are useless and even harmful."
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"Although I tried to be universal in thought, I am European by instinct and inclination."
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"My first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press."
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"Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive."
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"The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding the jokes."
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"To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature."
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"Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts."
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"There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'"
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"We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts."
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"My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes."
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"Sweet instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs."
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"A person born with an instinct for poverty."
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"Whenever I've gone against my instincts, it's been a bit of a disaster. If there's a script I'm considering, I will get everyone to read it. I will get my mom to read it, I will get my friends to read it, I'll get the person doing my manicure to read it. I'm someone who really needs to talk things through. And then, obviously, I have a wonderful manager and agents, and I listen very carefully to what they have to say as well."
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"Everything is instincts when returning kicks."
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"Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize these thoughts for what they were. His instinct was to resist them."
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"Intuition always has our best interest at heart."
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"The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education."
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"Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment."
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