#mal

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#americas #animal #camels #cattle #could

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#blew #books #conditions #gives #hope

Why is everything always my decision?" I asked. Because you will not tolerate anything else." Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered. - Anita to Jean-Claude ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#anita-blake #fiction #hunter #jean-claude #paranormal

They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#head #i #just #me #might

After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#comes #feeling #formal #great #like

Sometimes we just have to accept the fact we can't explain everything. Life happens, whether we want it to or not and we don't always have a reason why. Our job is to try and make some good come out of it. ↗

— Melissa Pearl

#dale #ghosts #paranormal #romance #ya

I have enormous respect for Tom Daschle. The NRA has not yet taken a formal position on which I'm aware of on this matter, and I think Tom may be just getting a little ahead of things. ↗

— John Dingell

#aware #daschle #enormous #formal #getting

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess. ↗

— Walt Disney

#formal #gardens #guess #i #instinct

I like small stories. ↗

— Paz Vega

#like #small #stories

Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#cultures #going #interact #massive #normally