#discovering

What an odd time to be a fundamentalist about adaptation and natural selection - when each major subdiscipline of evolutionary biology has been discovering other mechanisms as adjuncts to selection's centrality. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

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Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured. ↗

— Jasmine Guy

#being #discovering #information #know #must

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged, causes the plant to turn brown. I did this in the hope of discovering, through these studies, the key to the understanding of adrenal function. ↗

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#concealing #cunning #defects #discovering #other

It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in the darkness, beyond where you're writing. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#beyond #book #case #darkness #discovering

Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics. ↗

— Simeon Poisson

#good #life #mathematics #only #teaching

I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#before #bridge #discovering #find #i

I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

#doing #i #lot #more #my own

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. ↗

— D. Elton Trueblood

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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock. ↗

— John Barrymore

#beautiful girl #between #delightful #discovering #girl