"Probably there was a beginning-it is a metaphysical question, worthy a theologian-species have begun and ended-but the analogy is faint and distant."

-- Charles Lyell

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“If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves nor in things; and if our soul has trembled with happiness and sounded like a harp string just once, all eternity was needed to produce this one event - and in this single moment of affirmation all eternity was called good, redeemed, justified, and affirmed.”
“If you wake up in Moscow and put on the Science channel, it doesn't feel like an American channel, it feels like their channel. In fact, Discovery is Vladimir Putin's favorite channel.”

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“I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.”
“We Can Only Exist By Taking Our Minds Off The Fact That We Exist”
“In the end we won't be judged as a society solely by our growth statistics or economic activity graphs. We will be judged by the quality of the life that we foster for all members of the community and the compassion we show for the disadvantaged.”
“I am no dummy, mate, that's for sure.”
“Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots?”
“My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.”

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