"It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal man, aided by science and directed by superior skill."

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Source : Henry Tudor (1834). “Narrative of a tour in North America: comprising Mexico, the mines of Real de Monte, the United States, and the British colonies; with an excursion to the island of Cuba. In a series of letters, written in the years 1831-2”, p.233

Henry VIII of England

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“The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.”

Source : Paul Kurtz (1986). “The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal”
“I like to use things that didn't exist 50 years ago, or 20 years ago even.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.”
“rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.”
“While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.”
“L.A. fashion is like lip injections. That confuses me. That's become not just a thing. It's become fashion, part of your outfit. But hey, to each his own.”

Source : "Meet Footloose's Kenny Wormald!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 07, 2011.
“You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.”
“The opportunity of a lifetime must be grasped within the lifetime of that opportunity.”

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