"Science is agnostic when it comes to god; not atheistic, as some people prefer to read that laden word wrongly; just agnostic."

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Source : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.254, Columbia University Press

Eric Chaisson

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“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.”
“People sometimes try to score debating points by saying, Evolution is only a theory. That is correct, but it's important to understand what that means. It is also only a theory that the world goes round the Sun - it's just a theory for which there is an immense amount of evidence. There are many scientific theories that are in doubt. Even within evolution, there is some room for controversy. But that we are cousins of apes and jackals and starfish, let's say, that is a fact in the ordinary sense of the word.”
“Love is a never ending smile...”

Source : "Song: Wishing Well (Heaven and Hell)". April 25, 1980.
“Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.”
“It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
“Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.”
“In London, there must be thousands of people in the business of making films, whereas in Nottingham or Sheffield, you're probably talking about below a hundred. So there aren't thousands of people scrapping for the same money and for the same jobs. I went out in Nottingham the other night and there's a really beautiful community of people who are really supportive. It's not this back-stabbing thing, high-rent, high-cost, high-tension. Up here we are independent filmmakers and there's a lovely sense of camaraderie.”
“I had a big Akita, Yoshi, who was fabulous. I loved him. We lost him when he was 12, and I've never been able to replace him. Normally, most people lose a pet and get another and keep going on. But it just felt wrong to me; it felt disloyal.”

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