"Nature has made nothing in vain."

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Source : Delarivier Manley (2017). “New Atalantis”, p.276, Routledge

Delarivier Manley

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“When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States.”
“My childhood was elegant homes, tree lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle America as itâ€™s supposed to be. But on the cherry tree thereâ€™s this pitch oozing out â€“ some black, some yellow â€“ and millions of red ants crawling all over it. I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.”
“I did Noise Music because I genuinely liked noise... But a lot of people didn't. At my concerts, people smashed beer glasses in my face.”
“If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that... that's part of the gift God gave us. That's what makes life exciting. We're pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination.”
“There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.”
“I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year.”
“It was the year they fell into devastating love. Neither one could do anything except think about the other, dream about the other, and wait for letters with the same impatience they felt when they answered them.”
“We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.”

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