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• Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges.

  David Suzuki

  Mountain Ranges, Years, Brain

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• Do you understand any of this?" he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens. "Some people understand the value of an education." Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm around Kat's shoulders. "That's sweet, Kat. Maybe later I'll buy you a university. And an ice cream." "I'd settle for the ice cream." "Deal.

  Ally Carter

  Sweet, Ice Cream, People

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• Then what happens? Diana demanded “Then were hit with massive doeses of radiation. It’s invisible, but its like someone is shooting tiny bullets at you. They blow millions of tiny holes through your body. You get sick. Your hair falls out. You vomit. You die

  Michael Grant

  Fall, Blow, Hair

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• It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.

  David Suzuki

  Earthquakes, Water, Might

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• My idea of a fun night was diving into a massive pile of To Be Read pile of books stacked near my dresser... I was the girl who loved everything geeky.

  Jeff Sampson

  Girl, Fun, Book

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• President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader.

  Jon Stewart

  Voting, President, Voters

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• We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, drastic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality. To know God, you only need to renounce one thing - your sense of division from God

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Character, Ideas, Order

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.183, A&C Black

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• Daniel took Luce’s hands in his. He closed his eyes, inhaled, and let his massive white wings unfurl. Fully extended , they would have filled the entire kitchen , but Daniel reined them in, close to his body. They shimmered and glowed and looked altogether too beautiful. Luce reached out and touched them with both hands. Warm and satin smooth on the outside, but inside, full of power. She could feel it coursing through Daniel, into her. She felt so close to him, understood him completely—As If they had become one.

  Lauren Kate

  Beautiful, Eye, Hands

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• You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Needs, Poor, Recruitment

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• He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on?

  Stephen King

  Thinking, Our Generation, Ties

  Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.361, Anchor

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• I did once shatter a chandelier. I was singing with my college choir in Wales. I was the soloist and I hit the high note and there was this massive bang and all this glass came down from the ceiling. I'd like that to be my party trick if I can perfect it.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Party, College, Glasses

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.

  Hugh Jackman

  Sports, Fun, Dad

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• Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.

  Keith Henson

  Military, Movement, Social

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• You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Character, Independent, Would Be

  Interview with Wil Anderson, www.gq.com.au. April 1, 2011.

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• Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he'd say the same. Actually, he did.

  Hunter Hayes

  People, Achievement, Spirit

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• I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.

  Martin Gore

  Track, Fans, Essex

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  Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Aunt Petunia burst into tears. Hestia Jones gave her an approving look that changed to outrage as Aunt Petunia ran forward and embraced Dudley rather than Harry. 'S-so sweet, Dudders...' she sobbed into his massive chest. 'S-such a lovely b-boy...s-saying thank you...' 'But he hadn't said thank you at all!' said Hestia indignantly. 'He only said he didn't think Harry was a waste of space!' 'Yeah, but coming from Dudley that's like "I love you.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sweet, Love You, Thinking

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• Beckendorf closed eyes tight and brought his hand up to his watch. from that distance, the explosion shook the world. Heat seared the back of my head. The Princess Andromeda blew up from both sides, a massive fireball of green flame roiling into the dark sky, consuming everything....I stared out the window into deep blue water. Beckendorf was supposed to go to college in the fall. He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead of him. He couldn't be gone.

  Rick Riordan

  Girlfriend, Distance, Princess

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• The vast majority of us imagine ourselves as like literature people or math people. But the truth is that the massive processor known as the human brain is neither a literature organ or a math organ. It is both and more.

  John Green

  Math, People, Brain

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• What a massive responsibility, being a moral creature

  Isaac Marion

  Responsibility, Moral, Creatures

  Isaac Marion (2012). “Warm Bodies: A Novel”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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• I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed.

  Noel Gallagher

  News, London, Firsts

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• In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

  Noel Gallagher

  Successful, Stories, Ends

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• If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.

  Robin Gibb

  Zero, Heart, Two

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• At its very heart, Worldchanging is about using the best of people's new ideas, bringing them together and applying them to the massive problems that we all face.

  Alex Steffen

  Heart, Ideas, People

  Interview, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2008.

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