"Toby Tyrrell unravels the various formulations of Gaia and explains how recent scientific developments bring the hypothesis into question. His criticisms are insightful, profound, and convincing, but fair. On Gaia is wonderfully informative and a pleasure to read."

-- Francisco J. Ayala

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“History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.”
“Europeans call it socialism, Americans call it welfare, and Barack Obama calls it change.”

Source : "Obama advisor pushes back on 'redistribution'" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. October 27, 2008.
“I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.”
“My books have come many years apart and each one seems to reflect a period of experience. Ending the book is like putting a period on a certain movement. Interior and external - both.”

Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
“I love tattoos. And mine symbolise who I really am. I have a Samurai on my left arm. At a subconscious level, I connect to this warrior and model myself on his discipline, skills and honour. There is also a tribal tattoo and a Chinese symbol of faith. I have seen a lot of people getting tattoos just because it's a trend.”
“Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.”

Source : Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1966). “Journals, with Letters and Related Documents”
“One doesn't do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists tend to shy away from.”
“Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.”

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