#origin

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds. ↗

— Orville Wright

#command #considered #could #estimate #first

Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#clearly #ideology #important #liberalism #most

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#detroit #far #franchise #great #honor

As an entrepreneur, if you're the originator, you need to be faster than ever. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#ever #faster #need #originator #than

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#direct #direct experience #eating #experience #genuine

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#original #people #resist #sometimes #very

Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural and sexual selection. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#basis #bird #genetic #inheritance #natural

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#age #crowded #ideas #most #original

Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#ancient #collective #culture #inner #maps