Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.

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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

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"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."

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"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work."

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""Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.""

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"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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