"However, the small probability of a similar encounter [of the earth with a comet], can become very great in adding up over a huge sequence of centuries. It is easy to picture to oneself the effects of this impact upon the Earth. The axis and the motion of rotation changed; the seas abandoning their old position to throw themselves toward the new equator; a large part of men and animals drowned in this universal deluge, or destroyed by the violent tremor imparted to the terrestrial globe."

-- Pierre-Simon Laplace

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“I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.”

Source : George Cooper Stevens, Paul Cronin (2004). “George Stevens: Interviews”, p.13, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose an attitude of confidence.”
“That's another thing about Noise. Everything that's ever happened to you just keeps right on talking, for ever and ever.”
“Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.”
“I played with the best conductors of the world.”

Source : "Mstislav Rostropovich, 80, Dissident Maestro, Dies" by Allan Kozinn, www.nytimes.com. April 27, 2007.
“Laugh often friends tho' passing years bring, sometimes, smiles and, sometimes, tears, for mirth forever warms and cheers. Laugh often!”
“After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster
“Guilty as hell. Free as a bird. America is a great country.”

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