"Conquer or be conquered."

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David Farragut

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“Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom-struck gimp who couldn't handle the pressure. My attorney has never been able to accept the notion - often espoused by reformed drug abusers and especially popular among those on probation - that you can get a lot higher without drugs than with them. And neither have I, for that matter.”
“If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.”

Source : William H. Calvin (2008). “Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change”, p.225, University of Chicago Press
“Peace and harmony do not require perfection. Thank goodness for thatâ€”because life so often seems to be an itch here, a glitch there, a mess waiting to happen. Harmony is flexible. It bends with imperfection. So should you.”

Source : Jerry Spinelli, Eileen Spinelli (2014). “Today I Will”, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Society would not tolerate legislation declaring that the theory that the sun circles the earth be given equal time with the theory of a heliocentric solar system; it should not pay attention to the equally preposterous notions of scientific creationism”
“5% of women have true multiple ***** only through intercourse and these women typically find oral sex uncomfortable.”
“Agriculture is at the same time the most tranquil, healthy, and independent occupation.”
“I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer.”
“When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.”

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