"The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like all other attempts, to explain the origin of life, is thus far merely conjectural. I believe he has not even made the best conjecture possible in the present state of our knowledge."

-- Louis Agassiz

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“Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?”
“I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be accurate and keep to the facts, a most difficult thing for a writer of fiction.”

Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (2009). “The Life of Charlotte Brontë”, p.10, OUP Oxford
“Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades”

Source : Nicholas Stern, Great Britain. Treasury (2007). “The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review”, p.319, Cambridge University Press
“Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.”
“I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.”
“My parents still treat Christmas like I'm thirteen years old.”
“To worship God is to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself.”
“I've had a very supportive mother my entire life, so I've had strong women around me.”

Source : "Nina Arianda: ‘Venus In Fur’ Star On Her Broadway Role And Tony Nominations". Interview with Lori Fradkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 8, 2012.

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