"Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist."

“Let me mention that not all sun-like stars host planets - perhaps about 30% of them are planet-builders. It's not so easy to form a planet!”

“I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.”

“I think that one of the greatest perspectives that I have, from being a buyer for my whole career until I became a producer, is that I have a pretty good understanding of the buyers mentality.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Producer Nina Jacobson Talks The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 19, 2013.

“Never saw the branch you are sittin on, unless they are trying to hang you from it.”

“Things that came apart could be put together again, but never exactly the same.”

“Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.”

“All the mistakes committed by artists are due to their having separated themselves from truth, believing that their imagination is stronger. There is nothing stronger than nature. With nature in front of us we can do everything well.”

Source : Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.51

“Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries. This research center is doing important work to help farmers enhance the quality, yield and marketability of their small fruit crops.”