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The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves.


Jared Diamond

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NEIL DIAMOND Be as a page that aches for a word/ Which speaks on a theme that is timeless.
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RUSS DIAMOND Instead of just giving us a tax break and putting the money back into the General Fund, we've got to...
RUSS DIAMOND The legislators are confused and scared right now. But that doesn't change a thing for us.
RUSS DIAMOND I think that the voters fully understand what's going on here.
RUSS DIAMOND They can do it again. It?s time to take back our government.
RUSS DIAMOND "I am," I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," sa...
NEIL DIAMOND This is a great way to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and re-live the magic of THE BLUES BROTHERS on...
DAN DIAMOND