"The surface of the earth is not simply a stage on which the thousands of present and past inhabitants played their parts in turn. There are much more intimate relations between the earth and the living organisms which populated it, and it may even be demonstrated that the earth was developed because of them."

-- Louis Agassiz

#Past Quotes #May Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.”
“If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill, then there will be a rethinking of this issue within the Republican conference.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I like listening to music on a Discman, where the CD spins, and the fact that it's weird to listen to something on a Discman when most people have an iPod, even though those have an internal hard drive that's spinning, too.”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.
“Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in”
“One of the things Jesus did was to step aside from the organized religion of his time because it had become corrupt and bogged down with rules. Rules became more important than feeding the hungry.”
“But most of all, I learned that itâ€™s possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when thereâ€™s been a lifetime of disappointment between them.”
“Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.”
“Tears and sorrows and losses are a part of what must be experienced in this present state of life: some for our manifest good, and ail, therefore, it is trusted, for our good concealed;--for our final and greatest good.”

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