"During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake."

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Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.45

Edward Burnett Tylor

#Lakes Quotes #Valleys Quotes #Mexico Quotes

“If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?”
“The source of Pyrrhonism comes from failing to distinguish between a demonstration, a proof and a probability. A demonstration supposes that the contradictory idea is impossible; a proof of fact is where all the reasons lead to belief, without there being any pretext for doubt; a probability is where the reasons for belief are stronger than those for doubting.”
“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You wanna be counter-culture? You wanna be a total rebel? Get a job! You wanna be counter-culture, totally alternative, radical? Be a virgin until you get married...to a person of the opposite gender. And then stay married and pump out some kids and pay your taxes and read the Bible, you freak. You'll be just totally a rebel.”
“I won't let anyone stand between me and my brother”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If I were to peruse a survey of label options, as they exist now, they either sound like a time bomb disorder or manic depression or Bipolar divide or mental illness. How can I find an identity in that? It certainly isn't something I can bring up in conversation, without a reaction of judgement or even fear.”
“I'd rather be proud of what I am, rather than desperatly try to be something I'm really not; just to fit in.”

Source : "Song: "The Poverty of Philosophy" ("Revolutionary Vol. 1")". September 18, 2001.
“I'm a cook, and I'm like, "a dash of this, a pinch of that." I cook with a lot of passion and instinct. So that's the hardest thing - to put an actual recipe together.”

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