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Quote by Thomas Huxley
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. – Thomas Huxley

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Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion! – Thomas Huxley

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In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. – Thomas Huxley

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There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions. – Edward Hopper

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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. – Wendell Berry

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Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit. – Thomas Huxley

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May your search through Nature lead you to yourself. – Author Unknown

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The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful one must sense him everywhere but never see him. – Gustave Flaubert

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The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasnt Steve McQueen or Robert Redford – it was people like Walter Matthau and Anthony Quinn. My big hero was Tommy Cooper. – Alfred Molina

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I have to travel a lot for work. – James Purefoy

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