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Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist
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"Taxonomy (the science of classification) is often undervalued as a glorified form of filing-with each species in its folder, like a stamp in its prescribed place in an album; but taxonomy is a fundamental and dynamic science, dedicated to exploring the causes of relationships and similarities among organisms. Classifications are theories about the basis of natural order, not dull catalogues compiled only to avoid chaos."

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Harold Wilson Politician
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"The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next."

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John Hughes Filmmaker
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"I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!"

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Eminem Rapper, songwriter, record producer
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"Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I'll wear it."

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Muhammad Religious Leader
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"If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise."

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