"After chiding the theologian for his reliance on myth and miracle, science found itself in the unenviable position of having to create mythology of its own: namely, the assumption that what, after long effort, could not be proved to take place today had, in truth, taken place in the primeval past."

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Source : Loren Eiseley (2011). “The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature”, p.199, Vintage

Loren Eiseley

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“Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years.”

Source : Marshall Goldsmith (2010). “What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful”, p.189, Profile Books
“There is a very important distinction between a critical attitude of mind (or critical faculty) and a sceptical attitude.”
“I think there is a certain sensibility to someone you are attracted to and when it rubs off that's good”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Very little is off -limits, but draw the line at being unkind.”
“Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels like my own music and I'm making it up as I'm going along.”
“I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now. These difficult periods come and you have to accept that.”

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“All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.”
“If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.”

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