"We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time."

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Source : William Wordsworth, Adam Sedgwick (1853). “A complete guide to the Lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist, with mr. Wordsworth's Description of the scenery of the country, &c. and Three letters upon the geology of the Lake district, by prof. Sedgwick”, p.183

Adam Sedgwick

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“I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this sh-. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and ***** my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body.”
“It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay.”

Source : "Caroline Corr of The Corrs". Interview with Billy Amendola, www.moderndrummer.com.
“Throughout this book, we've been evangelizing simplicity, but ironically, the practice of simplicity is not simple. It is easy to build a bulky design by adding layer upon layer of navigation and features; it's much more difficult to create simple, graceful designs. Paring designs to essential elements while maintaining elegance and functionality requires courage and discipline.”
“I let my music do the talking. Ain't no TV show gonna help me. Ain't no hit single gon help me sell no records.”

Source : Source: www.vibe.com
“I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.”
“A page with a poem on it is less attractive than a page with a poem on it and some tea stains.”
“The gentle sound of her words became the shushing of my blood in my head, and I listened, hovering on the edge of consciousness, bathed in the oblivion of whatever drug they had given me.”
“It's not a good feeling--knowing that you profoundly deserve the title of monster. It's better to be kind than to feel guilty.”

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