"The love of experiment was very strong in him [Charles Darwin], and I can remember the way he would say, "I shan't be easy till I have tried it," as if an outside force were driving him. He enjoyed experimenting much more than work which only entailed reasoning, and when he was engaged on one of his books which required argument and the marshalling of facts, he felt experimental work to be a rest or holiday."

Source : Sir Francis Darwin, Charles Darwin (1925). “The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter”

Francis Darwin

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“Being in love is not cool!”
“I think music can define our lives. It's interesting when we meet our heroes; sometimes they really let us down, and sometimes we realize that they're just other human beings like us, with the same drama and fears and everything else going into their lives. I've worked with lots of people at different stages of their careers - going up, going down. Some people I've worked with I would never want to work with again, and some people would probably say they never want to work with me again. But all in all, it was definitely cool.”
“I'm gonna put all my money into taxes. They're sure to go up.”
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”

Source : Stella Adler (2012). “Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee”, p.11, Vintage
“I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.”

Source : Speech in the Senate (1848)
“I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role.”
“It requires a conviction that every people has a unique contribution to give to mankind, and that this they must make or remain sterile, subservient, sallow, and that this contribution they must have commenced to make before they can hope to understand the spirit that informs all great works and inspires all noble living.”
“I always work from an outline.”

Source : "The traveling sisterhood of 'How to Be Bad'". Interview with Sonja Bolle, www.latimes.com. June 1, 2008.

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