It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
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Charles Robert Darwin, FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. |
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself. After all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
Dame Edna Everage
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Dame Edna is a character created and played by Australian dadaist performer and comedian, Barry Humphries, famous for her lilac-coloured or « wisteria hue » hair and cat eye glasses or « face furniture, » her favourite flower, the gladiola (« gladdies ») and her boisterous greeting: « Hello Possums! » As Dame Edna, Humphries has written several books including an autobiography,My Gorgeous Life, appeared in several films and hosted several television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared as himself and other alter-egos). |
Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Ambrose Redmoon
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James Neil Hollingworth (1933–1996) was a beatnik, hippie, writer, and former manager of the psychedelic folk rock bands Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ace of Cups. He wrote under the pseudonym Ambrose Redmoon. |
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. |
Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.
Paula Poundstone
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Poundstone was born in Huntsville, Alabama. She attended Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, but dropped out to pursue a show business career. Her jobs have included busing tables and working as a bicycle messenger. Today she works as a panelist on the radio news quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! on National Public Radio. She is also a regular guest on A Prairie Home Companion, appearing in Los Angeles shows and at joke shows. |