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![“There is something to the fact that when you're on stage or when you're playing someone else, you're able to transmute all the things inside you that maybe get a bit blocked by the wall of shyness, or the wall of anxiety, or [by] overthinking. They sort of fall away in that moment and channeled…” quote by Emma Stone](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/27d/emma-stone-1673_able_there-is-something-to-the-fact-that-when_2707247.jpg)
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![“[Theory is] an explanation that has been confirmed to such a degree, by observation and experiment, that knowledgeable experts accept it as fact. That's what scientists mean when they talk about a theory: not a dreamy and unreliable speculation, but an explanatory statement that fits the evidence…” quote by David Quammen](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e66/david-quammen-9256_accepting_theory-is-an-explanation-that-has-been-c_2604502.jpg)
