"Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please. Please. If you're up there. Somewhere."

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Source : Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.488, Simon and Schuster

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“Loss of genetic diversity in agriculture is leading us to a rendezvous with extinction--to the doorstep of hunger on a scale we refuse to imagine. To simplify the environment as we have done with agriculture is to destroy the complex interrelationships that hold the natural world together. Reducing the diversity of life, we narrow our options for the future and render our own survival more precarious.”

Source : Cary Fowler, Patrick R. Mooney (1990). “Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity”, p.9, University of Arizona Press
“I had a dream. And it came true.”

Source : "'Argo,' 'Life Of Pi' Win Top Oscars". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 25, 2013.
“Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.”

Source : "Jim Cooper Uses The N-Word To Illustrate His Call For A Voting Rights Amendment" by Preston Maddock, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2013.
“We are blessed with a faith, which calls into action the whole intellectual man; which prescribes a reasonable service; which challenges the investigation of its evidences; and which, in the doctrine of immortality, invests the mind of man with a portion of the dignity of Divine intelligence.”

Source : EDWARD EVERETT (1870). “ORATIONS AND SPEECHES ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS”, p.324
“The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est - this is the supreme practical maxim, this is the turning point of the world's History.”
“The key factor in the vodka category is smoothness, and smoothness is what our vodka has.”
“I suppose you could call me...Soot," said the thing. "Yes...Soot. I have breathed it, lived in it, and eaten it for so long that it is a fitting name." "Eaten it?" asked Suzy. "Why eat soot?" "Boredom," said Soot.”
“Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond.”

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