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“Although random mutations influenced the course of evolution, their influence was mainly by loss, alteration, and refinement... Never, however, did that one mutation make a wing, a fruit, a woody stem, or a claw appear. Mutations, in summary, tend to induce sickness, death, or deficiencies. No evidence in the vast literature of heredity changes shows unambiguous evidence that random mutation itself, even with geographical isolation of populations, leads to speciation.”
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“It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.”
Source : Franklin Pierce (1968). “Franklin Pierce, 1804-1869: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”
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“I always change my hair, but I don't like haircuts!”
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“Love gives a sense of rest.”
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“I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.”
Source : Source: www.cnn.com
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“The really important kind of freedom involves being able truly to care about other people.”
Source : David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Address at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, www.1843magazine.com. September 18, 2008.
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“I've been so mutilated by a lot of articles. I know I haven't said a lot of things I'm quoted as saying in the papers.”
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“I usually kissed my clients if they wanted to kiss. I thought it was just way too weird to say "no kissing allowed," That to me was uncomfortable.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net