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The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus… — Gregor Mendel
Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its… — Vernor Vinge
In the case of the stomach, however, the nerves of the glandular cells were always severed when constructing an artificially isolated pouch and this, naturally,… — Ivan Pavlov
There are some movie stars in Hollywood that are so scared, they also tell the reporter that they are recording them, in case there is… — Jean-Claude Van Damme
I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly. — Jeremy Irons
What is the cause that one is hardened, and another readily moved to compunction? Listen! It springs from the will, in the latter case a… — Symeon the New Theologian
The television industry claims they are only reflecting society with their programming and have no influence on behavior. If that is the case then why… — Randall Wright
Brains aren't everything. In fact in your case they're nothing. — Russell Lynes
The urge to break with a tradition is only appropriate when you're dealing with an outdated, troublesome tradition: I never really thought about that because… — Gerhard Richter
Painting pictures is simply the official, the daily work, the profession, and in the case of the watercolours I can sooner afford to follow my… — Gerhard Richter
The grey paintings, for example, a painted grey surface, completely monochromatic - they come from a motivation, or result from a state, that was very… — Gerhard Richter
Architecture was, or is, a kind of hobby, an inclination I have to fiddling around and building things. Putting up shelves or cupboards, or making… — Gerhard Richter
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
During the first period of our lives the greatest danger is not to take the risk. When once the risk has been taken, then the… — Soren Kierkegaard
Baby's room should be close enough to your room so that you can hear baby cry, unless you want to get some sleep, in which… — Dave Barry
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with… — Mark Twain
In the beginning, not everyone may be able to clearly repeat every mantra in the 1000 Names. In that case, everyone can respond to the… — Mata Amritanandamayi
The case I shall find evidence for is that when literature arrives, it expels science. — Peter Medawar
Tape allows for a clean sweep of data that simply doesn't need to be on any form of disk but still needs to be kept.… — George Arthur Crump
War toys are scary. They have a rocket launcher with a bayonet attached, in case you miss. — Milton Berle

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