"What nature does in the course of long periods we do every day when we suddenly change the environment in which some species of living plant is situated."

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Source : "Philosophie Zoologique". Book by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1809), Vol. I, p. 226; translation by Hugh Elliot, "Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals", p. 109, 1914.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

#Long Quotes #Doe Quotes #Environment Quotes

“When you're busy blocking out difficult emotions and feelings, you're not going to feel the good stuff, either.”

Source : Valerie Bertinelli (2008). “Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time”, p.272, Simon and Schuster
“Young women are not as likely to receive the encouragement they need from role models like teachers and parents. And they should be encouraged - studies show women are just as likely as men to win when they do run.”

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“I don't even know how to sell a piece of artwork of mine because it's so personal.”
“In the Craft the Goddess is not omnipotent. The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.”
“There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.”
“If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.”

Source : "Birth of a World: Bolivar in Terms of His Peoples". Book by Waldo David Frank, p. 55, 1951.
“I like to play fast. I get excited, and I have to sort of control myself, restrain myself. But when the rhythm section gets cooking, I want to explode.”
“In matters like writing and painting, a man does what he has to do - if he has to write, why then, he writes; and if he doesn't feel the urgent need of writing, there are dozens of professions in which it is easier to earn a comfortable living.”

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