"Where else is fatness at a premium? The answer is clear. There are two classes of mammals which are liable to accumulate large quantities of adipose tissue - hibernating mammals and aquatic mammals."

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Source : Elaine Morgan (2011). “The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis”, p.69, Souvenir Press

Elaine Morgan

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“One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.”

Source : "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.
“He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.”
“I love to work. I love to have complexity.”
“She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company.”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.
“We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success.”

Source : APA Address, 1998.
“It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.”
“The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.”
“One strain could call up the quivering expectancy of Christmas Eve, childhood, joy and sadness, the lonely wonder of a star”

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