"The world of organisms, of animals and plants, is built up of individuals. I like to think, then, of natural history as the study of life at the level of the individual-of what plants and animals do, how they react to each other and their environment, how they are organized into larger groupings like populations and communities."

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Source : Marston Bates (2014). “The Nature of Natural History”, p.7, Princeton University Press

Marston Bates

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“Some people come up and say they would like me to play Boba Fett again.”
“Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.”
“So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.”
“I went to college with James Coburn and Steve McQueen was a very good friend.”
“Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.”
“To insist that I am not forgiven is a kind of inverse arrogance.”

Source : Lawrence W. Fagg (2009). “Pauses: Reflections on Science, Spirituality, and the Fine Art of Living”, p.31, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.”
“Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning services. Planned parenthood has a right to perform abortions.”

Source : "Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier Talks About Her Terminated Pregnancy" by Ryan Grim, Nick Wing, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 18, 2011.

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