"The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability."

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Thomas Huxley

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“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”

Source : Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.271, ReadHowYouWant.com
“The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of long, song-filled voyages, high winds and lonely sunsets.”

Source : Qurratulain Hyder (2010). “Fireflies in the Mist”, p.3, New Directions Publishing
“Imagination of my kind is most caught, most fired, most worked upon by the unfamiliar: I have thrivenon the changes and chances, the dislocations andcontrasts which have made up so much of my life.”
“I was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother.”
“A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken in his life.”
“Silence is sometimes the only way to share the unsharable.”

Source : Ron McLarty (2007). “Traveler”, p.65, Penguin
“Where I lived, it was a cold mining place, a village called Dunston. The only time you saw a Rolls-Royce was when somebody died.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes the one person that's bad for you is the person that on a bad day can make you feel good.”

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