"If astronomy teaches anything, it teaches that man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and the resemblant though diverse details are inevitably to be expected in the hosts of orbs around him. He learns that, though he will probably never find his double anywhere, he is destined to discover any number of cousins scattered through space."

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Source : Percival Lowell (2006). “Mars (Large Print)”, p.154, ReadHowYouWant.com

Percival Lowell

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“Why are we importing all these highbrow plays like `Amadeus'? I could have told you Mozart was a jerk for nothing.”

Source : Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee
“The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.”
“If the majority of the "spiritual market" is drawn to prerational magic and myth, how do you reach the small group who are involved in genuine, laborious, demanding, transrational spiritual practice? This is very difficult, because both markets are referred to as "spiritual," but these two camps really don't get along very well-one is mostly translative, the other is mostly transformative, and they generally disapprove of each other-so how do you put them into one magazine without alienating them both?”
“Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's health and their ability to learn because of better school nutrition.”
“If I knew what the picture was going to be like I wouldnâ€™t make it. It was almost like it was made already.. the challenge is more about trying to make what you canâ€™t think of.”

Source : "Studio: Cindy Sherman". Interview with Betsy Berne, www.tate.org.uk. June 1, 2003.
“In the year 415, the woman scientist Hypatia, head of the legendary Alexandria library, was beaten to death by Christian monks who considered her a pagan. The leader of the monks, Cyril, was canonized a saint.”
“The way to succeed is to double your error rate.”
“The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.”

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