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If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; bu

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman

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Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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If you are prepared to accept the consequences of your dreams then you must still regard America today with the same naive enthusiasm as the generations that discovered the New World. – Jean Baudrillard

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