"When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life."

-- Diego Della Valle

“It will of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common wheel.”
“Disease often tells its secrets in a casual parenthesis.”
“Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.”
“We go out and work hard. We play this game with emotion and love. Coach always says 'Emotionally, physically, mentally - come to the field prepared.' Because if you don't bring that to the field, you're going to get beat.”
“You do in your art what you cannot do in your life.”
“To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles.”
“I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog â€” or a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.”
“Either the Anglo-Saxon race will possess the Pacific slope or the Mongolians will possess it. We have this day to choose... whether legislation shall be in the interest of the American free laborer or for the servile laborer from China... You cannot work a man who must have beef and bread, and would prefer beer, alongside a man who can live on rice.”

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