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“The movement of comets is part of the ordinary works of nature which, without regard to the happiness or misery of mankind, are transported from one part of the heavens to another by virtue of the general laws of motion.”
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“It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter.”
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“I have a belief that if I wear my placenta in a necklace, there's a possibility of me gaining second sight - like being psychic. I would be wearing it whether or not I was in the public eye.”
Source : Interview with Matt Diehl, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.
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“The choice I mean is to protect our own innocents from the seraphim, instead of slaughtering theirs." "There are no innocent seraphim, said the wolf." "That's what they say when they kill our children.”
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“The transition from coal, oil, and gas to wind, solar, and geothermal energy is well under way. In the old economy, energy was produced by burning something -- oil, coal, or natural gas -- leading to the carbon emissions that have come to define our economy. The new energy economy harnesses the energy in wind, the energy coming from the sun, and heat from within the earth itself.”
Source : "Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization". Book by Lester R. Brown, October 5, 2009.
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“I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.”
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“Information does not change behavior. Practices do.”
Source : Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Richard Leider (2007). “The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader”, p.11, Blue Snake Books
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“My mind has touched the farthest horizons of mortal imagination and reaches ever outward to embrace infinity. There is no knowledge beyond my comprehension, no art or skill upon this entire planet that lies beyond the mastery of my hand. And yet, like Faust, I look in vain, I learn in vain. . . . For as long as I live, no woman will ever look on me in love.”
Source : "Phantom". Book by Susan Kay, 1990.