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I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run. — Bill Dickey
I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The discussion… — Frans de Waal
The American dream of rags to riches is a dream for a reason - it is hard to achieve; were everyone to do it, it… — Robert Fulton
My steamboat voyage to Albany and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is… — Robert Fulton
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for… — Sophia Lyon Fahs
The primary problem is not to provide the public with the knowledge of how far it is to the nearest star and what genes are… — Richard Lewontin
The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic. — Ronald Fisher
When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: ‘It happened.’ Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem… — Simon Conway Morris
I think I would rather live on the verge of falling and let my security be in the all-sufficiency of the grace of God than… — Rich Mullins
I would rather lose money than trust — Robert Bosch
Amming a coin into a monopoly newspaper box or liberating a billboard in the middle of the night can be a rather honest and joyful… — Kalle Lasn
Racing should never be an ordeal, rather an enjoyable and life-enhancing experience. — Bruce Fordyce
Far too many girls' and women's romantic relationships are formed around a negation of their own worth and attributes rather than a confirmation of them. — Mariella Frostrup
Be sure to ‘notice’ ideas when you have them. Stop. Take the time to consider them seriously. And if your gut tells you they're compelling,… — Tim Westergren
Do the children who prefer books set in the real, ordinary, workaday world ever read as obsessively as those who would much rather be transported… — Laura Miller
Men and women who are lonely create. Those who are gregarious rarely do... Any poet would rather bed with a girl than write a poem… — Burton Rascoe
I know it's not strictly sex that accounts for my straying the motive usually attributed to men. I think it's just too tempting to have… — Elisabeth Eaves
In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes… — Ellie Krieger
Being touched and caressed, being massaged, is food for the infant; food as necessary as minerals, vitamins, and proteins. Deprived of this food, the name… — Frederick Leboyer
It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill… — Joshua Waitzkin
It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization… — Tarja Halonen
Contrology is not a system of haphazard exercises designed to produce only bulging muscles. ... Nor does Contrology err either by over-developed a few muscles… — Joseph Pilates
William Stillman continues his fascinating exploration of the myriad connections between autism and human personality. The Soul of Autism makes a strong case for why… — Dean Hamer
And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization. — Chauncey Wright
Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies… — Chauncey Wright

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