"The world's a stage where God's omnipotence, His justice, knowledge, love, and providence Do act the parts."

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Source : "La Semaine; ou, Création du monde". Poem by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, 1578.

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

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“I wanted to be a King who would found a New World, not in some misty country far across the seas, but right here, right now, at home.”
“Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence.”
“I think it’s important for me to play well and set the tone.”
“... In a free society, skeptics are the watchdogs against irrationalism - the consumer advocates of ideas. Debunking is not simply the divestment of bunk; its utility is in offering a better alternative, along with a lesson on how thinking goes wrong.”
“We learned long ago that liberty could be preserved only by limiting in some way the freedom of action of individuals; that otherwise liberty would necessarily yield to absolutism; and in the same way we have learned that unless there be regulation of competition, its excesses will lead to the destruction of competition, and monopoly will take its place.”
“Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.”
“Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals. Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.”
“It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder.”

Source : "Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi". Book by Bob Woodward, p. 209, 1984.

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