"Life evolved under conditions of light and darkness, light and then darkness. And so plants and animals developed their own internal clocks so that they would be ready for these changes in light. These are chemical clocks, and they're found in every known being that has two or more cells and in some that only have one cell."

-- Jessa Gamble

#Animal Quotes #Light Quotes #Cells Quotes

“Mother loathed the all-black B movies Hollywood made for the "colored" audience, where the stereotypes were broader and more offensive to her, and where the musical interludes did no justice to real talent, she said, but trivialized it.”

Source : Gayle Pemberton (1998). “The Hottest Water in Chicago: Notes of a Native Daughter”, p.41, Wesleyan University Press
“Wait," I say. "I think you're mistaken. Saying there is no dream is the same as saying everything is a dream. Isn't it? Everyone's a dreamer? Extraordinary things happen all the time even when we're awake. What I meant to suggest to you, if indeed that was me in your dream doing the suggesting, is that there is only one world. This one. The dream is real. The ordinary is the wonderful. The wonderful is the ordinary.”

Source : Samantha Hunt (2009). “The Invention of Everything Else”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The Germans will make a few scattered attacks, then go away. The Romans will enjoy a fine September.”

Source : "Italy Betrayed" by Peter Tompkins, (p. 218), 1966.
“If you're going to sit on someone's tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?”
“You can only predict things after they have happened.”

Source : 'Le Rhinocèros' (1959) act 3
“Being blind, I rely on software that talks to me.”
“The small prayers of weak and broken people move the heart of God.”
“I think you can blame certain police officers for certain behavior, you can blame certain departments for certain behavior, and power and so forth, but, ultimately, I'd say it's about us, and it's about society, and I say - even if its sounds a little controversial - put the police aside for a second. It's really not about them. It's about the game that's been created to keep the status quo going and to let the people who own it all gain from the game.”

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