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  • I believe profoundly in nuture - not that I'm discounting nature, but sweet, smart, good-natured kids don't come from bad parents.

    Tail of the Week kittenpie 2008

  • Oh, even if I'd have the same genetics, and whatever parts of my personality are genetically determined would still be there, a vast amount of me that is "nuture"-dependent would be completly different.

    A Father like me? Steven Barnes 2008

  • Believe me, this is a true life story that happened a few weeks ago, in Lagos, in a private nursery and primary school and by a teacher that suppose to guide and nuture a child!

    A girl Child and Her Dream.... 2009

  • Because showing them in fiction make them easier to identify and nuture in real life.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009

  • Feed, nuture, get them to breed, and when the water comes back, re-introdice them to thier native enviroment.

    Carly Fiorina vs. the Sainted Delta Smelt. | RedState 2010

  • Believe me, this is a true life story that happened a few weeks ago, in Lagos, in a private nursery and primary school and by a teacher that suppose to guide and nuture a child!

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Until I had my children, I was a ‘nuture’ supporter.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Newly renovated Ladies Lounge. 2010

  • And as such it was a damn fine piece of entertainment that I feel went out of its way to nuture and respect characters that generation after generation has learned to love.

    What Did You Think of the New Star Trek? 2009

  • We nuture those that we give life to and watch very carefully to ensure that other females are not a replication of her.

    In Eugene, Palin says she eats granola too 2010

  • Having taught quantitative genetics and having had many discussions on nature/nuture (to use old terminology) and “intelligence” — I can assure you that there are many people who would get very angry at a statement that there is a possibility that genetics affects intelligence.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past 2010

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