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“There is a reference in Aristotle to a gnat produced by larvae engendered in the slime of vinegar. This must have been Drosophila.”
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“It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in the darkness, beyond where you're writing.”
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“It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.”
Source : Sabrina Jeffries (2006). “Only a Duke Will Do”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
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“Each individual man and each individual country, according to the principles of natural reason, is free from bondage. Consequently, if there is some threat that might infringe upon a country's freedom, then that country should not hesitate even to take up arms against all the countries of the world.”
Source : "An encouragement of learning". Book by Fukuzawa Yukichi and Obata Tokujirō, 1872-1876.
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“From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up ... . And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us independent of a Creator.”
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“You can have anything in life, but you can't have everything!”
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“I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.”
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“If you own a car, you change that every few years and that's just what I'm doing with my appearance”
