"Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as "miracles." But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things ... subservient to the rule of law."

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Source : Elisha Gray (1899). “Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science”

Elisha Gray

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“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”
“Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other.”

Source : Christine Gregoire's Inaugural Speech in Olympia, Washington, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. January 12, 2005.
“Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.”

Source : "The Chat House with Michael Wilbon". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 4, 2010.
“In catholisism we have an entire religion based on a woman who really stuck to her story”
“We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.”

Source : Joshua Ferris (2008). “Then We Came to the End”, p.58, Penguin UK
“The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.”
“There was a time when metal ruled the world and I don't see any reason why it should be different now.”
“In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.”

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