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"From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young plants from seeds are dissimilar to the parent, and some of them superior to the parent in the qualities we wish to possess... Sexual reproduction is the chef d'oeuvre, the master-piece of nature."
"Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. If you want people to like you you have only to spend a little money. I spent a little money and the waiter liked me. He appreciated my valuable qualities. He would be glad to see me, and would want me at his table. It would be a sincere liking because it would have a sound basis. I was back in France."
"The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education."
"ultimately, no one can ever be greater than the quality of his or her thinking."
"The way we view the world, the ultimate barometer of quality is: if it gets shared, it’s quality."
"Art is the reordering of nature - the qualities of space and time - in new perceptual and material form."
"Feminine intuition, a quality perhaps even rarer in women than in men."
"Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have."
"Man and woman have each of them qualities and tempers in which the other is deficient, and which in union contribute to the common felicity."
"This is to be observed of the Bishop of London, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his idiosyncrasy a strange fund of enthusiasm, a quality which ought never to be possessed by an Archbishop of Canterbury, or a Prime Minister of England. The Bishop of London sympathies with everything that is earnest; but what is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth."
"Positive self-esteem is the quality of simply saying thank you and accepting any value that is attributed to you by others."
"Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves."
"I dont watch a whole lot of stand up. Mainly I prefer to read writers; they make me laugh the most. Something gets you when youre alone and someones voice is coming through their work. Theres a different quality to it that stays with you a bit more."
"The quality of our attention determines our experience."
"A person who exhibits both positive and negative qualities, strengths and weaknesses, is not flawed but complete."
"Commitment is the ultimate assertion of human freedom. It releases all the energy you possess and enables you to take quantum leaps in creativity. When you set a one-pointed intention and absolutely refuse to allow obstacles to dissipate the focused quality of your attention, you engage the infinite organizing power of the universe."
"I am impressed with the natural health programs at Nature Care College. Their dedication to quality education is truly inspiring."
"I remain optimistic that ultimately free speech and a free press where individuals have access to the dialogue will have a self-correcting quality."
"We've seen the bankruptcy of many newspapers. We've seen a further erosion of the line between news and entertainment. But I do believe that there is reason to hope that over time we will see the higher-quality journalism rise to the surface."
"Regularity in Nature is not proof of the control of Nature by a Divine intelligence; it is rather the reverse. If something- call it matter, or ether, or x - exists, it must operate in accordance with its innate qualities; and so long as this x remains uncontrolled, its manifestations will continue unchallenged- in other words, there will be order. The same causes, the same results. That is the manifest signs of a natural order that knows nothing of God."
