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As quoted in Jet Li Interview Transcript https://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/talkasia.li.script/ in CNN (January 29, 2003)
“I don't think that evolution is supremely important because it is my specialty; it is my specialty because I think it is supremely important.”
Cited in: Edward J. Larson (2004) Evolution, Modern Library. p. 250
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