"Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of Plato was sunk ... The sea would necessarily rush in from all quarters, and form what is now called the Atlantic ocean."

-- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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“My frank response to all sex questions is that there is too much significance put on them to begin with. Sex is part of human nature, and I don't know why such a big deal is made out of it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The GOP/corporate right-wing, it seems, never really considers the consequences of their actions.”
“A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother and wife would often give or preserve many charms if it were not too often combined with parental and conjugal anger. There remains in the face of women who are naturally serene and peaceful, and of those rendered so by religion, an after-spring, and later an after-summer, the reflex of their most beautiful bloom.”
“The best piece of advice I ever received about being a writer came from my brother Lee. I was just starting out and he told me that if I wanted to have a long career, I had to be versatile, that I shouldn't just think of myself in one way, because there would come a time when maybe that one thing wasn't working out for me - and I'd still want to earn a living as a writer.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.”

Source : Joe Haldeman (2014). “The Forever War”, p.12, Open Road Media
“The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.”
“I think the Priem Minister has to be a butcher and know the joints.”
“Every club if I am not playing, I leave because I want to play football. All I wanted to do since I was a kid is play football and if I wasn't at a club I'd be playing with my mates on a Sunday. I still come home and play five-a-side with my mates.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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