#be

Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three. ↗

— Asa Gray

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The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before. ↗

— Asa Gray

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The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them. ↗

— Asa Gray

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There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs. ↗

— Asa Gray

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Every once in awhile I like to play dark ladies, crazy ladies, but most often I look for characters that are strong, intelligent, caring - usually earth women, because that's basically how I see myself. ↗

— Erin Gray

#basically #because #caring #characters #crazy

I think there's been a major shift in grass roots media because of the Internet and because the geeks and nerds rule the world. They are in control in so many ways. ↗

— Erin Gray

#been #control #geeks #grass #grass roots

Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas. ↗

— Horace Gray

#fruit #just #peas #speaking #tomatoes

A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood. ↗

— John Gray

#concerned #expressing #finding #her #herself

Being God would be the ultimate. ↗

— Macy Gray

#god #ultimate #would

I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God. ↗

— Spalding Gray

#anything #artist #because #collage #control