"How sad that we can now go up in aeroplanes and see that there are no gods upon the clouds."

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Source : Gavin Pretor-Pinney (2007). “The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds”, p.33, Penguin

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

“As natural selection acts by competition, it adapts the inhabitants of each country only in relation to the degree of perfection of their associates; so that we need feel no surprise at the inhabitants of any one country, although on the ordinary view supposed to have been specially created and adapted for that country, being beaten and supplanted by the naturalised productions from another land.”
“BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.”

Source : William Kamkwamba (2010). “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”, p.7, HarperCollins UK
“Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!”
“I've been intrigued by 'Le Monde' ever since work took me to Paris once, and I noted that on a day when there was some huge worldwide story, the paper led its front page on some cabinet changes in Turkey. It implied a magnificent disdain for the quotidian folderol of mere news.”

Source : "Just a bellow - or a roar of public rage?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2007.
“Accepting what others see as your strengths is crucial to your continued growth. Compliments are a gift. They are an opportunity for you and another person to connect in a powerful, positive way. How did you handle the last compliment directed at you? Did you accept it?”
“Why's it gotta be Ã”tani for me? I don't know because I have way too many reasons to choose from! He's the one for me, that's all. He just is.”
“Hatreds are the cinders of affection.”
“I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.”

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