#close

We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#common #evolved #how #infer #observe

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#clothing #clown #compromised #could #different

It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend. ↗

— Asa Gray

#approached #believed #blend #closely #completely

I am a closet metal fan. ↗

— Jon Gries

#closet #fan #i #i am #metal

Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way, without the personal investment of the poem I'm writing myself, but equally closely technically. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#different #different way #equally #how #i

I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#am #closest #did #i #i always

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop. ↗

— Jon Hamm

#becoming #close #door #i #kids

Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you. ↗

— Tom Hardy

#buddhist #close #corpse #drowning #fear

And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

#air #back #being #close #cuts

The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The bird appears to almost feel the surface with the tip of its weather wing. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

#almost #appears #bird #closer #feel