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		As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not see why it should be. The story of Genesis is beautiful, and profoundly significant as symbolism: there is no good reason to torture it into conformity with modern theory.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Will Durant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every revolution, bloody or not, has two phases. The first phase is defined by the struggle for freedom, the second by the struggle for power and revenge on the votaries of the ancien regime. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Michnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tammy Blanchard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary L. Francione 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Barenboim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ultimately, these fans that we're blessed enough to have, the ones who pay money for tickets to come see us live, that's the bread and butter. That's the basis of what this is. Before I ever had the chance to record an album, the live show is what it's been about. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cody Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peter Gabriel 
			 
			
				Genesis  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides itself; but we have not observed that this equally holds of the totality of things, which is made up of parts within parts from the greatest down to the smallest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Herbert Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't forget that Mozart worked on commission. He almost always would write something if he knew exactly who was paying for it and where it would be performed. So you can't really separate the creation of genius from the appreciation of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eric Weiner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not see why it should be. The story of Genesis is beautiful, and profoundly significant as symbolism: there is no good reason to torture it into conformity with modern theory. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Will Durant