"In order to turn natural history into a true science, one would have to devote oneself to investigations capable of telling us not the particular shape of such and such an animal, but the general procedures of nature in the animal's production and preservation."

-- Pierre Louis Maupertuis

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“I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.”
“Cats do not abide by the laws of nature.”

Source : "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Mac and Dennis Break Up". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2009.
“We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.”
“In life as in football, fall forward when you fall.”

Source : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
“When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The world that we live in is full of distractions and pleasures that pull us away from a spiritual life. Even our jobs which are a very necessary and important part of our lives can end up being the altar at which we pray. They consume most of our waking hours and provide the income on which we are dependent in order to take care of our families.”
“Looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery. We may be heading not for general breakdown but for an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity.”
“Make sure your family and loved ones donâ€™t interrupt you during your writing time. If youâ€™re a lawyer or doctor, friends donâ€™t just stop by the office to chat or interrupt you from your work. But for some reason, people think writing is different. It isnâ€™t, and you need to make clear that this is sacred time.”

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