"My only request is that I draw my last dollar and my last breath at the exact same moment."

-- Bobby Layne

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“Historically the buffalo had more influence on man than all other Plains animals combined. It was life, food, raiment, and shelter to the Indians. The buffalo and the Plains Indians lived together, and together passed away. The year 1876 marks practically the end of both.”

Source : Walter Prescott Webb (1959). “The Great Plains”, p.44, U of Nebraska Press
“The history of mankind is a history of war.”
“We are living in a new age of energy supply anxiety.”
“For most Olympic athletes‚ their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians‚ training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference.”

Source : "Paralympics: 'since I lost my limbs I can see the true heroism of the competitors'" by Giles Duley, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2012.
“It is true that when people are appointed to positions and talk without any appreciation or understanding of scientists, well, that gets scientists worried. And when public officials talk about alternative facts, people who have devoted their careers to trying to uncover facts are dismayed.”
“If someone criticizes me, I strike back.”
“There's no secret to working with kids. They either charm you and you can work with them, or they don't charm you and you feel you're stuck with them.”
“In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in which the One Reality shows itself forth in our changing universe. The more 'material' and solid the appearance, the further is it from reality, and therefore the more illusory it is.”

Source : Annie Besant (2009). “Death - and After?”, p.70, The Floating Press

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