Most of the Amazon basin is as flat as a pancake and laced with extravagantly meandering waterways. One school of thought holds that more than 145 million years ago, when Africa and South America were joined, the Amazon’s main stem was connected to the Niger River and actually flowed in the opposite direction, toward the Pacific Ocean. Alex Shoumatoff Read Quote
Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war. Ernst Toller Read Quote
Those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong. It’s the other way around; it will lead to more wars. Avigdor Lieberman Read Quote
I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my ‘real life,’ which was my acting class on Saturday. Gillian Jacobs Read Quote
I did have quite a different upbringing to a lot of my peers. We all have a sort of code that we get, especially as Beatles kids. It’s an unspoken sort of word of understanding. But I’m comfortable around a lot of different types of people. Stella McCartney Read Quote
I’ve always navigated my way around the comedy writing rooms because I didn’t want to cater to this side and that side; I just wanted to be liked by everybody. Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
Discovering new species is a passion. A day without collecting plants is painful for me. Corneille Ewango Read Quote
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends. Charlotte Bronte Read Quote
