"The Darwinian revolution is about essence. The Darwinian revolution is about who we are, it's what we're made of, it's what our life means insofar as science can answer that question."

-- Stephen Jay Gould

#Mean Quotes #Essence Quotes #Who We Are Quotes

“Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life, and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men's lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. Against his own will and all previous judgements, Kynes admitted to himself: I like this Duke.”
“A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.”
“God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all.”
“The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.”
“The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.”
“My work comes from the experience of crowds, injustice, and aggressionâ€¦ I feel an affinity for art when it was made a form of existence, like when shamans worked in the territory between men and unknown powersâ€¦ I try to bewitch the crowd.”
“Once in our world, a Stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.”
“I've lost 12 inches in three weeks. Every time I go for the costume fitting each week, it's smaller and smaller. I'm feeling great. I'm putting in the work. I'm getting a lot of sleep. Everything is on the backburner right now. 'Dancing' is my priority.”

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