I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.

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"A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."

- B. F. Skinner

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- B. F. Skinner

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"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."

- B. F. Skinner

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

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"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

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"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

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