"The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before."

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Source : Asa Gray (1880). “Natural Science and Religion”

Asa Gray

#Animal Quotes #Ordinary Quotes #Definitions Quotes

“I think every collection is always a move forward. It's the same work - the process is always the same. The interesting thing is to try to achieve a certain nothingness.”
“I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like a composer with a symphony in their head: I can hear the music, I just have to figure out how to put it down on paper. But I don't always know where my stories are going when I begin.”
“I have little sister Lola, she is small and very funny.”

Source : Lauren Child, Bridget Hurst, Carol Noble (2006). “My School Play Sticker Book”, Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
“I started my own record label.”
“Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not to reach the heights of achievement, or even fail. It is only when an artist is dis-inhibited that he or she can reach the heights of artistic achievement.”
“I never have to worry about another person's response, only how I react to what they say.”
“I'm a bad girl. I always fall for good guys.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will”

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