Charles Fort Quotes
The fittest survive. What is meant by the fittest? Not the strongest; not the cleverest - Weakness and stupidity everywhere survive. There is no way of determining fitness except in that a thing does survive. 'Fitness,' then, is only another name for 'survival.' Darwinism: That survivors survive.

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Countries that managed to rebuild commanding state structures after popular nationalist revolutions - such as China, Vietnam, and Iran - look stable and cohesive when compared with a traditional monarchy such as Thailand or wholly artificial nation-states like Iraq and Syria.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.
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As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
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I'm hoping I'll eventually get to be a beauty blogger myself because I do my own makeup, and I have for years.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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I'm a 'Bridesmaids' type of girl. I love silliness. That's who I am at heart, and I know I can do it. If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
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I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
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I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.
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Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.
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People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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One day, we were doing a serious scene and fast talking like we do and we could not stop laughing and the director had to stop the production. We had to go to our trailer and calm down and do it all again.
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I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.
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Come, let us give a little time to folly... and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour of pleasure.
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Not to cover the subject, but to uncover and isolate a part of it … is the aim of the aphorist
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Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.
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Why so many of us a million years ago purposely knocked out major chunks of our brains with alcohol from time to time remains an interesting mystery. It may be we were trying to give evolution a shove in the right direction - in the direction of smaller brains.
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I have my hormones balanced. Most doctors are giving women synthetic hormones, which just eliminate the symptoms, but it's doing nothing to actually replace the hormones you have lost. Without our hormones we die.
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The fittest survive. What is meant by the fittest? Not the strongest; not the cleverest - Weakness and stupidity everywhere survive. There is no way of determining fitness except in that a thing does survive. 'Fitness,' then, is only another name for 'survival.' Darwinism: That survivors survive.