"The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery till he detects their relation and sees where they fit, and then his fragments grow at once into a connected picture beneath his hand."

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Source : Louis Agassiz (1873). “Geological Sketches”, p.11

Louis Agassiz

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“Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man.”
“When you aren't sure what it is you hate or why you even hate it, it's hard to hold onto the details...you just hold on to the feelings.”
“Alternative Lifestyles, the emotional fly-drive packages of our times, come equipped with a set of clothes, a choice of authors, a limited menu of sports and a discount coupon book of clichÃ©s.”
“Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.”
“I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.”
“There's so much craziness that comes along with being a movie star that you can get so confused. Unless you've spent your whole life waiting to be the centre of attention, it's pretty terrifying.”

Source : "'Love Story' Actress Ali McGraw: I Should Have Sought Alimony". www.foxnews.com. January 06, 2012.
“I'm a long way off finishing the LP, but I've got an idea in my head of exactly how I want it to look and sound.”

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“My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know.”

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