This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.

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The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

No matter how old we become, we can still call them Holy Mother and Father...

No matter how old we become, we can still call them Holy Mother and Father...

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.

I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.

Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.

Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.

Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.