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“How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods. Can we wonder, then, that nature's productions should be far 'truer' in character than man's productions; that they should be infinitely better adapted to the most complex conditions of life, and should plainly bear the stamp of far higher workmanship?”

Source: The origin of species (low cost). Limited edition

“I decided it would be better to be a bird. Birds are very busy at one period each year caring for babies, but this lasts only a few weeks with many of them, and then their babies are grown and gone. Best of all, they leave their houses forever and take to camping for the rest of the year. No wonder they are happy.”

Years Would Be Lasts House Wonder Gone Forever Week Baby Periods Bird Decided Busy Caring Camping

Book:Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover

Source: Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover

“In my early thirties I was working in television as a researcher. I was really stuck for a period of five years. I got to TV when I was thirty. I hated being a music writer, and kept wondering why I couldn't be doing the exciting things that my friends were doing in television.”

Years Wonder Five Television Tvs Periods My Friends Exciting Stuck Hated Thirty Five Years Researchers Exciting Things

Author:Mary Harron

“It's true that the young who now flock to script writing, or producing and directing, to fulfill the demands of these new devices would, in an earlier period, have been submitting to magazines and working on their first novels. But even in the midst of all these "digital products," the wonder of it is that there are still so many young writers who continue to believe in the venerable print novel as the corridor to fame and fortune.”

Writing Firsts Believe Has Beens Stills Young Wonder Novel Products Periods Fame Demand Fortune Scripts Magazines Digital Midst Devices Print Flocks Corridors Young Writers

Author:Cynthia Ozick