"When the aggregate amount of solid matter transported by rivers in a given number of centuries from a large continent, shall be reduced to arithmetical computation, the result will appear most astonishing to those...not in the habit of reflecting how many of the mightiest of operations in nature are effected insensibly, without noise or disorder."

-- Charles Lyell

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“Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.”
“I didn't run off with the secretary. It made it seem like I had committed adultery and then ran off with a secretary, neither of which happened.”
“James Remar is a student of life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!”
“Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away,but love stays with us. Love is God.”

Source : Lew Wallace (2016). “Historical Novels of Lew Wallace: Ben-Hur, The Fair God & The Prince of India (Illustrated): A Tale of the Christ, The Last of the 'Tzins – Story of Aztecs and Conquistadors & The Fall of Constantinople”, p.405, e-artnow
“Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?”
“Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention.”
“I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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